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Coyote and Eagle go to the Land of the Dead

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This legend originates from the Wishram people in southwestern Washington state. The Wishram were known as Smohalla or dream-people due to their deep insights into the medicine-way through their curing societies.

Coyote's wife and two children had died, and Eagle suffered the same misfortune with his wife and two kids.

"I want to see them again more than anything in the world," wept Coyote.

"Prepare your moccasins and make ready, Coyote," responded Eagle. "I'll take you to the spirit world."

Coyote and Eagle go to the Land of the Dead

Page 7

This legend originates from the Wishram people in southwestern Washington state. The Wishram were known as Smohalla or dream-people due to their deep insights into the medicine-way through their curing societies.

Coyote's wife and two children had died, and Eagle suffered the same misfortune with his wife and two kids.

"I want to see them again more than anything in the world," wept Coyote.

"Prepare your moccasins and make ready, Coyote," responded Eagle. "I'll take you to the spirit world."

Coyote and Eagle go to the Land of the Dead

Page 7

This legend originates from the Wishram people in southwestern Washington state. The Wishram were known as Smohalla or dream-people due to their deep insights into the medicine-way through their curing societies.

Coyote's wife and two children had died, and Eagle suffered the same misfortune with his wife and two kids.

"I want to see them again more than anything in the world," wept Coyote.

"Prepare your moccasins and make ready, Coyote," responded Eagle. "I'll take you to the spirit world."

Coyote and Eagle go to the Land of the Dead

Page 7

This legend originates from the Wishram people in southwestern Washington state. The Wishram were known as Smohalla or dream-people due to their deep insights into the medicine-way through their curing societies.

Coyote's wife and two children had died, and Eagle suffered the same misfortune with his wife and two kids.

"I want to see them again more than anything in the world," wept Coyote.

"Prepare your moccasins and make ready, Coyote," responded Eagle. "I'll take you to the spirit world."

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.

Internationally renowned leader dies at 49

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Sam Bull, St., a First Nations statesman and lawyer, died Dec. 12 while in office and serving his beloved First Nations people as the executive director for the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, an organization he co-founded. The 49-year-old politician was felled by a stroke and complications associated with diabetes and kidney disease.

Hundreds braved sub-zero temperatures to attend his Dec. 16 funeral at the Goodfish Lake Cultural Centre. Floyd Stern and Reverend Don Watt officiated, employing both traditional and modern United Church rituals and observances.