“Lady Warrior” dies in battle
by admin on Jun.30, 2009, under Tribute
Another account on CNN.com of an inspiring woman named Lori Piestewa serving in our military in Iraq. She lost her life defending her convoy during an ambush.
The soldier, a mother of two believed to be the first American Indian woman ever killed in combat, was the pride of the Hopi Indians living in Tuba City, Arizona. In this tightknit town of 9,000, the unseasonable (snow) flurry signified Piestewa’s spiritual journey home.
“In the Hopi belief, when one is deceased, they come back home. They visit the family, their community through the moisture,” Hopi Tribal Chairman Wayne Taylor told reporters after the snowfall. “And this is what happened just a while ago. So I think we were blessed today.”
