Cedar Woman (84 page)

⁷⁵
Ween-c
h
een-c
h
ee-lah
–
y
oung
woman
or
y
oung
la
d
y
,
o
f
ten
applied
as
a
term of
endearment

Le
n
a
r
e
m
e
m
b
e
r
ed
h
er
m
oth
er
perfor
m
i
n
g
this
exact
cleansing be
f
o
re
t
h
ey
e
n
tered
t
h
e
s
we
a
t
lodge
to
pray for
her
fat
h
e
r.
The
sc
e
n
t
of ce
d
ar
n
ee
d
les,
wild
sa
g
e,
wild
sweet
g
rass
a
n
d
to
b
acco
b
roug
h
t
b
ack
v
i
v
id
m
e
m
or
i
es.

J
u
lie
“
b
at
h
e
d
”
h
erse
l
f
with the
fr
a
grant
fu
m
es,
facing the
west,
n
o
r
t
h
,
eas
t
an
d t
he
n
s
ou
t
h
,
a
n
d t
he
n
k
nee
li
n
g
u
po
n
t
h
e
gr
o
un
d
,
e
nd
i
n
g
her p
rayer
b
y
rais
i
n
g
t
h
e
bowl
to
t
h
e
sky.
The area
was now sanctified, and t
h
e
n
e
xt c
e
re
m
ony
co
uld
p
r
o
c
eed.

Reva
and Vicki
sat
upon
t
h
e ground
fac
i
ng each
o
t
her,
legs
crossed co
m
fortabl
y
.
This was
t
h
e
Na
m
ing
Ce
r
e
m
ony
w
h
e
re
Vicki
w
ou
l
d receive
h
e
r NdN
na
m
e.

Re
v
a
’
s
eyes
c
l
o
sed
as
s
h
e
pr
e
p
a
r
ed
to
a
n
nou
n
ce
h
e
r
ch
o
ice
o
f
n
a
m
e,

i
n
spi
r
e
d by
Th
e
G
r
a
n
dfa
t
he
r’
s,
aft
e
r
m
any
h
o
u
r
s
of
m
editation.

_{Op
e
n
ing
h
e
r
ey
es slowly, R
e
va
gazed
in
t
o Vicki’s
w
i
de
orb
s
.}

“
Vic
k
i will
b
e
k
n
own
as
I
n
a Waste
Otawi
n
⁷⁶
G
oo
d
M
o
t
h
e
r
of M
an
y
.
Y
o
u
h
ave
s
h
o
w
n
a
great
he
a
rt
in
taking
m
y
fa
m
ily
in
as
y
our own,
a
n
d
h
a
ve
assur
e
d
t
h
at
we
receiv
e
d
the
care
we
ne
e
d
e
d
.
I
have
se
e
n

y
ou
f
eed
t
h
e
ho
m
eless
and
t
h
e
str
ug
g
li
n
g
stud
e
nts.
Y
o
u
h
a
ve
sh
o
w
n special
care
f
o
r
m
y
son,
an
d
I
h
a
ve
wat
c
hed
a
s
yo
u
h
a
ve
ta
u
ght
m
y

gr
an
dd
au
gh
t
e
r
,
Lena.
T
h
e
Sp
i
r
it
s
call
yo
u
I
n
a
Was
t
e
O
t
aw
in
,
Go
od

M
o
t
h
er of Many, and
so will we
fr
o
m
no
w o
n
."

V
i
cki
a
n
d
Reva
r
o
se,
a
n
d
m
ade
t
h
e
i
r
w
a
y
t
o
t
h
e
sweat
l
odg
e
,
a do
m
e
sh
a
p
ed-
t
ent,
e
rected
e
arlier
that
day
a
b
ove
a
de
e
p
ly
d
u
g
h
o
le. Water
was
po
u
r
e
d
u
po
n
t
h
e heated
r
o
c
k
s,
w
h
i
ch
J
u
li
e’s
h
u
sb
an
d
had placed
with
i
n
t
h
e
s
weat lodge
in pr
e
p
arat
i
o
n
of the c
e
re
m
o
ny.

Lav
e
nd
e
r
was spr
i
nkl
e
d
u
p
o
n t
h
e
m
,
so
t
h
at
its
s
m
oke
w
ou
ld
relax t
ho
se wit
h
in
the
l
o
d
g
e.
J
u
lie
lead
the
Sweat Lodge
Cere
m
ony,
ex
plained
it
s
p
ur
po
se
an
d
p
r
o
g
r
essio
n
,
a
n
d
a
t
i
n
te
rv
al
s
re
q
u
este
d
s
p
eci
f
i
c
p
r
aye
r
s
b
e