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On 13th January 2008 the Blackfeet
Lodge performed an Indian Prayer to 'The Talking Leaves'
followed by 'Journey to the Spirit World' by Buddy Red Bow, for
Avril (Hawk Woman) who is in the Sue Ryder Hospice at Nettlebed,
Oxon, this was at Avril's special request and her family was
invited to join us. Please see the photos below. Click on the
thumbnail for a larger image.
"When we go to
another place, we erect the tipi and live there awhile, when it
is time to move on we take down the tipi and place a feather
where the tipi has stood, it is the only sign that we have been
there."
Today 16th
January 2008 Avril has placed her last feather.