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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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or
m
ed
t
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e Ca
nu
m
p
a,
or
Pi
p
e
Cere
m
o
ny,
in
w
h
ich
the
catli
n
ite
v
essel
was
l
o
a
d
ed and
s
m
oked,
and
prayers
offer
e
d
up
to
Creator.
Walk
i
ng
up
to
each
m
ourner
an
d
w
iping
t
h
eir
tea
r
s
with
r
e
d,
o
n
e
-
i
n
c
h
s
q
u
a
re
tear
cloth
s
,
B
o
y
Ladd
re
m
inded
the
attendees that
one
y
ear
h
ad
p
a
ssed sin
c
e
t
h
e
dea
t
hs
o
f t
h
e two
lo
v
e
d
on
e
s: it was t
i
me to
m
ov
e on.

Tunkas
il
a
W
akan
T
a
nk
a
,
h
ear
m
e.
It
i
s
S
t
an
d
s
W
i
t
h
W
i
n
g
s
an
d
I
c
o
m
e
hu
m
b
l
y
b
ef
o
re you
to seek
h
ealing
for t
h
is fa
m
ily.

Le
n
a Ce
d
a
r
Wo
m
an
Young
Bea
r
, with
these tear
cl
o
t
h
s, I
wi
p
e
a
w
ay
y
o
u
r
tears.
Yo
u are
do
n
e wi
t
h
y
o
u
r
m
ou
r
nin
g
, a
n
d it is t
i
m
e to
m
ove o
n
. Now is
t
h
e time f
o
r
h
ealin
g
,
a
n
d a ti
m
e to
m
ov
e
f
o
rward.

It
is
t
i
m
e
to
l
et
go
of
th
o
se
you
lo
v
e
d,
and
all
o
w
t
h
eir
souls
to
m
ove
o
n
.


It has
be
e
n
a
y
ear
since
y
o
u
r loved
ones
m
a
de
t
h
e
J
o
u
r
ne
y
,
and
it has
been
h
a
r
d
f
o
r
y
ou
w
h
o
lo
v
e
d
t
h
e
m
.
So
n
o
w
,
I
w
i
pe
y
o
u
r
t
ears,
a
n
d
pray
t
h
at
t
h
e Gr
an
d
f
athers
m
ake
yo
u ov
e
r
i
n
a
g
o
o
d wa
y
.


All
o
w
y
o
ur
l
ov
e
d
on
es
t
o
m
ov
e
o
n
to
t
h
e
S
p
irit
W
o
r
l
d,
t
h
eir
time
h
ere
is
d
o
n
e
.
Release
t
h
e
ties
t
h
at
b
ind
t
h
em
h
ere
t
o
yo
u
,
and
all
o
w
t
h
em
to
c
o
m
p
lete
t
h
eir
jo
u
r
n
eys.
You
will
see
t
h
em
a
g
ain
w
h
en
it
is
t
i
m
e,
bu
t y
o
u
n
eed
to all
o
w t
h
em
to
m
o
v
e
o
n
.

It
is
go
o
d
t
h
at
y
o
u
m
ou
rn
yo
u
r
d
ea
d
.
It
is
a
test
a
m
e
n
t
to
t
h
eir
li
v
es,
bu
t
t
h
e
Gra
n
dfat
h
ers
tell
u
s
t
h
at
li
f
e
m
u
st
go
o
n
.
Hon
o
r
t
h
e
d
ead
by cele
b
rating
yo
u
r o
w
n life.

And
so
I
wipe
away
your
tears,
and
pray
that
Tunk
a
sila
will
m
ake y
o
u o
v
er in
a g
o
od
w
ay, and
t
h
at yo
u
r
h
ealing
can
b
e c
o
m
p
lete.

Tunkas
il
a
W
a
kan
Tan
k
a,
I
a
sk
yo
u
t
o
wa
tc
h
o
v
e
r
t
h
ese
p
i
ti
ful
o
n
es,
t
h
at
y
ou
m
ake
t
h
em
over
i
n
a
g
oo
d
wa
y
.
A
l
l
o
w
t
h
em
t
o
heal,
and
t
o
m
o
v
e

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