I've followed "Trials and Tribulations of a Girl" for quite a while. A while back, I was talking with the wife of a Nez Perce Native who works here in Portland. I mentioned to her that I'd been doing research on my own Heritage and think it is Apache, or Navajo, but could be Cherokee. Oklahoma where my GrandParents were from, has 39 different Native American groups in it. My Spirit favors Navajo, but none of us know for sure. I told her that I thought I was Two Spirit and when she talked to her husband, he told her that I would be seen as totally normal in Nez Perce culture.

Should I live through "this present darkness" I hope to go up to her husband's hometown to tour the museum and other tribal sites.

I imagine that several of us face dire prospects if we get Covid-19. I am thankful to have found this place, and so many leads toward my own heritage. In the Navajo tradition, I have found Hozho. Thank you to so many of you for being sweet and kind.

Much Peace

Gwen