Cedar Woman (87 page)

Her
p
a
th
is
not
j
u
st
with
T
h
e
Peo
p
l
e
,
J
u
lie
t
h
o
u
g
h
t
to
herself.
My
pa
t
h
is
h
ere, le
a
r
n
ing
t
h
e ways, livi
n
g
my life
h
ere
a
m
o
ng my
o
wn
kin
d
,
bu
t
t
h
is wi
n
c
i
n
cila
will w
a
lk with
a
ll
p
e
o
p
l
e
.

J
u
lie
stood
at
t
h
e o
p
e
n
i
n
g
of
h
er
ti
p
i,
watchi
n
g
Le
n
a
as
she
g
azed i
n
to
t
h
e
tend
e
r do
m
e
of
He
a
v
e
n
.
An ov
er
w
hel
m
ing
feeling
o
f
ch
an
ge washed
o
v
er t
h
e stately
matr
on
.
T
u
rning
to e
n
ter
h
e
r l
o
d
g
e, Julie
p
a
u
sed and
l
o
o
k
e
d
a
g
ain
t
o
w
a
rd
Le
na.
S
h
e
g
a
ve
an
i
n
w
ar
d
g
a
sp.
L
e
na
sat wit
h
in
a
n
i
m
b
u
s
o
f
lig
h
t, her
b
ea
u
tif
u
l hair
f
l
o
ati
n
g
on
t
h
e fra
gr
a
n
t
m
o
rning air.

Lena
an
d Nickie
placed
their powwow sh
aw
ls
over
their
sh
ou
l
der
s
,
b
eing
caref
u
l n
o
t
to
al
l
o
w
t
h
e frin
g
e
t
o
to
u
c
h
t
h
e
g
r
o
u
n
d
.
T
h
e Wo
p
ila,
o
r Th
a
nk
Y
o
u
C
e
re
m
on
y
,
in
w
h
ich
Vi
c
k
i
wou
ld
e
x
p
r
ess
her t
h
a
n
ks
t
o
h
e
r new fa
m
ily for h
e
r
a
d
o
p
ti
o
n, was
ab
out
t
o
b
egin.

Vicki was alr
e
ady in the ar
en
a with
Reva.
Reva
w
o
re a
b
lue sh
a
wl with
r
e
d
t
r
i
m
,
t
h
e
sca
r
f
b
ea
d
ed
with
c
h
ev
r
o
n
s
and
thun
d
er
b
ir
d
s,
w
h
ich she
h
a
d
m
ade
sh
o
rtly
after
h
er
f
i
rst
ligh
t
ni
n
g
str
i
ke,
an
d
V
ickie
was in
a
b
ea
u
tif
u
l
s
h
awl
o
f
p
i
nk
and
y
ell
o
w, with
b
e
a
d
ed
b
u
tterflies,
m
a
d
e
for
h
er
b
y Re
v
a
in
a
n
tici
p
ati
o
n of t
h
e
Wo
p
ila.

Lena
and
Nickie,
along with
J
u
lie,
took their
places
ne
a
r
the
front of an
e
v
er-grow
i
ng
line of
fa
m
ily
m
e
m
b
ers, w
h
o
w
is
h
ed to da
n
ce in sup
p
o
r
t of
t
h
eir
n
ew
k
i
ns
w
o
m
an.
So
on
The
D
r
um
w
o
uld
b
e
gin
t
h
e
beat
a
n
d
si
n
g a song in cel
e
b
ration of a new r
e
lative.
A young
m
an ascend
e
d the p
o
dium
and l
e
aned i
n
to t
h
e
m
icro
p
h
o
ne.

“
H
ell
o
,
e
v
e
r
yo
n
e.
I
am
Sonny
Glass,
y
o
ur
n
ar
r
ator
for
t
h
i
s
j
o
yo
u
s occasion.
W
e
are
h
e
re
t
o
c
e
lebra
t
e
the
M
a
king
of
Relatives
Cere
m
ony, cul
m
i
n
ated he
r
e today
i
n
t
h
e W
o
pila,
or G
i
v
ing
Th
an
ks
Ce
l
ebrati
o
n.”