[MEG33]

Well done ,Lori.May you rest in peace and may your loved ones be comforted.

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[skeeter]

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[Grampa Dave]

Bumping for Lori and the American Indians who believe in America.

[Catspaw]

What a moving tribute to one of our fallen.

Shortly after the war began, the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin held a ceremony for their active members of the armed forces. For this very small reservation, they have over 50 members serving in the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. At the Oneida Tribe Pow-Wows I've been to, the first ones to come in are the veterans of various wars. It's a moving tribune to our veterans.

[tamikamaria]

Excellent article.

I grew up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, lots of the kids I went to high school with went in to the military and served proudly. When I went back home a few weeks ago I noticed lots of American flags, POW flags, lots of support for the military. There are always articles and interviews in the local paper with the people currently serving (even before the war started).

[Mike Darancette]

A week later, snow fell in Tuba City, Arizona. The Hopi said is was Lori’s spirit returned to them, returned to her family, her people, her home, and to her country, America.

I find that so comforting that she came back as snow which will melt and provide water for her people's crops and livestock in the hot Summer ahead.

[Paradox]

A bump for Yeagley, who has explained the Native American warrior ethic quite well, and why, even though they are a "defeated" people, they are nonetheless proud Americans, precisely because of their warrior ethic.

May she rest in peace, and may the snow soothe the pain of her family and friends.

[AFreeBird]

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[Tailgunner Joe]

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[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I got chills reading that. Thank you.

(And here's a ping to an American Indian veteran I respect and admire for his service.)

[cyborg]

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[fish hawk]

A tribute to Pfc.Lori Piestewa, Hopi Indian mother.
Killed in action freeing the people of Iraq.

Oh, if only tears we shed
could grant our wishes on demand
and resurrect the fallen dead
whose blood was drawn on foreign sand

Where tyrants ruled wilthout a heart
suppressing every human right
their rightful freedom torn apart
and vanished in the desert night

Your youth you gave for freedoms song
your country called and you respond
and though your fathers saw much wrong
you forgave the past and went beyond

the call of duty with soldiers pride
to free oppressed you never knew
and with your brothers in battle died
your grieving children weep for you

Let it be known though you are gone
you're not forgotten nor will ever be
in every sunset and rising dawn
you are branded in our memory

And now with pride we hold you dear
as tyrants in the desert fall
Lori, can you hear the millions cheer
where many gave much, and you gave all.

[Chad Fairbanks]

The Warrior Spirit lives on...

[TASMANIANRED]

God Bless.