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Topic: Hopi Warrior
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pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 20, 2003 12:53 PM
  
I received this from my father and wanted to pass it on. Although we are not of Hopi decent (Apache / Cherokee) we all feel the special significance that this beautiful Hopi warrior brings to the war.
The first American woman killed in Iraq is Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa. She is American Indian and one of eight soldiers found during the rescue of POW Jessica Lynch, who was Lori's room mate at Ft. Bliss, El Paso , Texas. Lori was 23 years of age.. the mother of a four year old son and a three year old daughter. She lived in Tuba City, Arizona and was a member of the Hopi Nation. There are currently 56 Hopis serving in the Us military... 48 are in Iraq. Lori is believed to be the first American Indian woman ever to be killed in combat..for the United States military..There is great sadness and pride in the land of her ancestors.
On the day that Lori's death was confirmed by the Army a light snow fell in Tuba City, her hometown. According to Hopi beliefs, the soul of a person who has led a good and honorable life returns to Hopi land in the form of precipitation. In Hopi, Piestewa is defined as the rainwater that collects on the desert floor after a heavy downpour...
Lori Piestewa came home that day......
Lori's Prayer
Creator, we ask that you will guide her journey .
Open to her your arms...and hold her in your heart...
The smoke from the sweetgrass floats .... high with the wings of
eagles to your eyes ....
seeking your blessings for this mother,
this child of your Creation,
this brave one...
Greet her with the words of a warrior
coming home ....
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"Lahn dádzaayú nahikai leh ni' nyelíí k'ehge," Goyathlay (Geronimo) "Once we moved like the Wind" "Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar." This call and spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice was quoted by Churchill in his first broadcast as Prime Minister to the British people on the BBC - May 19, 1940, London. IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Newflake Posts: 0
From: Alaska
Registered: Jun 2010
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posted April 20, 2003 03:54 PM
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theFajita3
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posted April 21, 2003 12:23 AM
Ah Native American prayers always really touched me!------------------
food is the only art that nourishes! IP: Logged |
Rainbow~
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posted April 24, 2003 01:08 PM
Pidaua........thank you for that..........I am Ottawa from Michigan.... ........and am so saddened by all the sacrifices made in this war.... Thanks, again.... Luv,
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pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 24, 2003 01:27 PM
I am too, especially the sacrifices made by the men, women and children brutally murdered every day by Saddam's regime.
I think it is also remarkable that in all the wars American Indians have fought in for the US military, only one life has been lost. My Father, his brothers / sisters, my grandfather and his brothers have all fought for the US in World War I, the Korean War, Vietnam and Gulf War, and all safely returned.
My heart goes out to the troops. IP: Logged |
Rainbow~
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posted April 26, 2003 02:06 AM
Pidaua....my father who is a full blood, had a first cousin killed in world war II.....so that is at least one other that I know of...*sigh*..Luv,
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pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 27, 2003 02:31 PM
Rainbow, I think I mis-stated that about the American Indian in combat. Thanks for posting that information. Lori Ann was the first American Indian woman killed in a war while serving in the US military. I thought that was a bit off when I first stated it. Thanks again for correcting me!  IP: Logged | |
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