Cedar Woman (64 page)

“
W
ell, s
h
e li
k
es y
o
u to
o!
” lau
gh
e
d Le
n
a
. “Not like
s
h
e
does
y
o
u,”
Nickie
add
e
d.

J
u
lie retur
n
ed with
two
s
h
awls
dr
a
p
e
d
ov
e
r her
ar
m
.
“Here,”
s
h
e sai
d
.
Han
d
ing
Nic
k
ie
a
white
shawl
with
b
lack
frin
g
e,
she
t
u
r
n
ed
a
n
d offer
e
d
a
teal
shawl
with
mauve
fr
i
nge
to
Lena.
“
Wear
these,”
she

i
n
str
u
cte
d
, “whe
n
e
v
e
r
y
o
u go i
n
to
t
h
e
ar
e
n
a. It’s
a sign
of respect.”

“
Th
a
nk
yo
u
,”
e
x
clai
m
ed
Lena
a
n
d Nickie
i
n uni
so
n.

“
W
e’ll
take
good
care
of
th
e
m
a
n
d
ret
u
rn
t
h
em
w
h
en
t
h
e
p
o
wwow is over.

“
Sni
,
⁴⁹
they are
a gift.”

T
u
r
n
ing
to
Le
n
a
a
g
a
i
n
,
she
po
i
n
ted
to
a
ti
p
i
at
t
h
e
p
erimeter
o
f
t
h
e
p
ow
w
o
w
g
rou
nd
s
.

“
He
y
,
see
t
h
at
b
l
ue
a
nd
w
h
it
e
l
odge
at
t
h
e
end
of
t
h
e
ro
w
?
Why d
o
n
'
t
y
ou
b
o
t
h
co
m
e
by
after
we
dance
t
h
e
D
r
um
ou
t
⁵⁰
a
n
d
h
ang
o
u
t,
y
a
?
M
y
chia,
Jo
e
,
mi
ght
co
m
e
by
f
o
r
s
o
m
e
Fort
y
-Nin
e
rs
.
⁵¹
I
c
a
n
m
ake
so
m
e wakal
a
pi
.
⁵²
N
o
w, I
m
u
st
g
o
.
The
w
o
m
en
danc
e
rs
a
re g
e
tting
re
a
d
y to start.”
To
ksa.
”
⁵³

⁴⁹
_Shnee
–
No

⁵⁰
_{Dance
to
the
Powwow Drum
un
t
il
it
ends
for
the
night}

⁵¹
_{Less
formally
structured
NdN l
o
ve
songs
which
include
English}

⁵²
Wah-kahl-lah-
p
ee
–
Coffee

C
h
apter
Ni
n
e

The
Tr
ue Pea
c
e

The
first
peac
e
, which is the
m
o
st i
m
portant, is t
h
at w
h
ich c
o
m
es wit
h
in
the so
u
ls
o
f
p
e
ople wh
e
n
t
h
ey rea
l
ize
their
relationsh
i
p,

t
h
eir
on
e
n
ess
with
t
h
e u
n
iverse and
all its
p
o
wers, and wh
e
n
they
realize that at
t
h
e c
e
nter

o
f t
h
e
u
n
i
v
erse dwells
W
a
k
a
n Tan
k
a, t
h
e
Great S
p
irit,

a
n
d t
h
at t
h
is ce
n
ter is
really e
v
er
y
w
h
e
re, it
i
s wit
h
i
n
each of
u
s. This is
t
h
e r
e
al peace,
and
t
h
e
oth
e
rs
a
re
but
reflections
of
t
h
is. The
se
co
nd p
e
ace
is that
wh
i
ch is
m
ade be
t
ween two ind
i
viduals, a
n
d t
h
e
t
h
ird
is t
h
at w
h
ich is
ma
d
e
b
etween
two
n
atio
n
s.

But above
all,
you
sh
ou
l
d
underst
a
n
d that
t
h
ere
can
n
e
v
e
r be
peace
betw
e
en
nations
unt
i
l the
r
e is
known that
t
rue
pea
c
e w
h
ic
h
,
as I
h
a
ve often
sa
i
d
, is
wit
h
in
t
h
e so
u
ls of
m
e
n
.

Black
Elk,
O
g
l
ala Sio
u
x
&
Spi
r
it
u
a
l
Lea
d
e
r
(
1
86
3 -
1
95
0
)

“
Hau
Kolas
!
⁵⁴
So
w
h
at
d
i
d
y
ou
t
h
i
n
k
of
y
o
u
r
fi
r
st
day at
y
o
u
r
first p
ow
w
o
w
?
P
re
t
ty cool e
n
nit! Have
a seat!” gr
i
nn
e
d
J
u
lie, gest
u
ri
n
g
to
t
h
e c
a
m
p
c
h
airs
scattered
in
fro
n
t
o
f
t
h
e
ti
p
i,
as Le
n
a, Nic
k
ie, Vic
k
i
a
n
d
Reva approach
e
d her lodge.