Cedar Woman (78 page)

'
There
are
t
w
o
p
eo
p
le
here w
h
o
h
a
ve
a con
n
ecti
o
n
to
t
h
e
s
t
orm ou
t
s
i
de
o
f
t
h
i
s
L
o
dg
e
.
O
n
e
of
t
h
em c
l
ai
m
s
t
o
be
He
y
o
k
a
bu
t
t
h
ey
are
n
o
t
, w
h
ile t
h
e
o
t
h
er ref
u
ses to
ack
n
owled
g
e
t
h
e
path
b
e
f
o
re
t
h
e
m
.
'

He
t
h
e
n
t
u
r
n
e
d
t
o
o
u
r fr
ie
n
d
M
ark
an
d
sa
i
d
:

⁶⁸
Small
squares
o
f
cl
o
th,
about
1"
squar
e
,
usually
made
as
a grou
p
: pinc
h
e
s
of tobacco
are
placed
in
t
h
em
while
pra
y
i
ng
.
Dif
f
erent
c
o
lors
ha
v
e
different meanings,
and
t
h
e
c
o
lor
used
de
p
e
nds
on
w
h
a
t is
being
p
ra
y
ed
fo
r
.
Par
t
ici
p
ants also
tie
in
the
Altar
colors
of
t
h
e
Water
Poure
r
.
The
number
that
you
tie
d
e
pends on
what
the
Water
Pourer tells
you
to
tie.

⁶⁹
_{The
owl
is t
h
e
messenger
often
used
b
y
ha
y
o
ka
s
.}

⁷⁰
The
third
of the
four
doors
or
ro
u
nds
of
a sweat
l
o
dge
ceremo
n
y

'M
ark,
y
ou
ha
v
e
a
fasc
i
n
a
tio
n
with
the
W
a
k
i
nyan, but
you are
not
a Heyo
k
a. T
h
at
i
s
n
o
t
t
h
e
p
a
t
h
t
h
at
you
are
m
e
a
n
t
to
f
o
ll
o
w. Sp
o
t
, YOU
are the
one
who
t
h
e
W
a
ngi
are
speak
i
ng
of
when
they
say
that
there
is
one here w
h
o
is r
e
fus
i
ng
t
h
e
path be
f
o
re
t
h
e
m
.
Y
o
u
ne
e
d
to
s
t
op
a
nd
l
o
o
k
at your
actions
today,
in
this
s
acred place,
a
n
d
tell
m
e
that
you
a
re
not a Contr
a
r
y
.’

“
W
ell, you c
a
n i
m
agine
m
y reaction
to
T
HAT!

“
How
e
v
er,
it
was
m
ade
clear
to
m
e
t
h
at
t
h
i
s
was
m
y
p
at
h
,
and
t
h
at I had
no
c
hoice but
to
foll
o
w
it,
how
e
v
er
u
n
o
rt
ho
d
o
x
it
m
ay
have
bee
n
. N
o
r
m
ally
to
beco
m
e
one
of
us,
yo
u
m
u
st
dream
of
t
h
e
Wakin
y
an
while
o
n yo
u
r Vision Q
u
est,
b
u
t I was
n
e
v
er
g
i
v
en
t
h
at o
p
ti
o
n.

“
Af
t
er
t
h
e
sw
e
a
t
,
i
t
was
de
ci
ded
t
h
at
t
h
er
e
w
ou
l
d
be
a
na
m
i
ng cere
m
ony,
and
three
p
e
ople
would
rece
i
ve
na
m
es.
The
first
two
w
e
re

called
o
u
t,
and
an
Ea
g
l
e
p
l
ume
was
tied
in
t
h
eir
h
air
as
t
h
ey
were
g
i
v
e
n

t
h
eir
n
ew
n
a
m
es,
t
h
en
m
y
na
m
e
was
calle
d
.
Lester
t
o
ld
me
t
h
at
I
was go
i
ng to be gi
v
en
a He
yo
k
a
n
a
m
e t
h
at ni
g
h
t.

“
As
m
y
new
na
m
e,
Two
S
t
rikes,
was
a
n
nounc
e
d,
I
realized
that t
h
ere
would
be
no
Ea
g
le
p
lume
to
tie
i
n
to
my
h
air.
None
was
o
f
fere
d
, a
n
d
t
h
en
I
u
ndersto
o
d
w
h
at
it
tr
u
l
y
m
eant
to
be
Heyoka.
We
are
t
h
e
on
e
s