It was a dry hot summer day. The temperature went up to 40C (104F.) I heard we are having a heat wave for a couple days.
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I have been enjoying reading the novel book Soldier Sister, Fly Home written by Nancy Bo Flood.
Even though this is a fiction novel, it talks about the first Native American woman to die in combat. I remember about her. When I went to the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque in 2003 with my female Navajo friend, the MC mentioned about her at the opening ceremony. We all the audience and the performers took a moment to send a good prayer for her and her family.
I like the part where the main character and her grandma encounter two rude Bilagáanaa sisters pointing finger at the grandma and asking for a picture with a real “Indian”. If I were there I would get pissed at the rude sisters and say something very mean to make them regret or something. But the grandma acted wisely. She accepts them and gives her warm hospitality in return.
Here is her statement.
“When somebody looks down on you, listen and learn. Walk with them….We can learn or bite. Laughing is better for the belly.” cited from Chapter 11; Soldier Sister, Fly Home.
I always like to hear elders who have lots of wisdom accumulated through their lives.
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