BEGINNING THE LONG VIGIL (RBP.BV) WINTER The young mother has been

The young mother has been gifted her Grandfather's Eagle Feather

She will gift the Feather to her child when they are older and begin their own family

They all hid and waited one night

These four Native women are following each other along an uphill path

In Indian Territory (Eastern Oklahoma) most families were mixed bloods and most were farmers

BEGINNING THE LONG VIGIL (RBP.BV) WINTER The young mother has beenLong ago when there were few stars, an old Cherokee woman and her husband worked diligently to make meal from their corn. They traded meal to others in the village for things necessary. Someone started stealing the meal in the middle of the night. After watching a large dog fly down from the sky to eat the meal, the villagers decided to gather all the noise makers, rattles, drums, etc.. They all hid and waited one night. When the dog again came down