Readers offer condolences, prayers, support

WEDNESDAY APRIL 9, 2003

Ed. Note: Indianz.Com can be reached at indianz@indianz.com -- your e-mails will be sent to the Piestewa family. Cards and letters can be mailed to Percy Piestewa, P.O. Box 957, Tuba City, AZ 86045. Flower and other items can also be mailed, care of, to the Tuba City Unified School District, P.O. Box 67, Tuba City, AZ 86045. UPS or FedEx accepted at School District address.

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Our Thoughts and Prayers
They who wait
for the Creator
shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up
with wings like eagles:

They shall run
and not be weary:

They shall dance
and not be faint.

Menominee (Wisconsin) Tribal School: Jake, Ann, Joey, Darrell, Josh, Adrian and Bernadette.

A Gift to the Nation
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your daughter at this trying time. It is because of heroes like her that I am able to live the life I do. Thank you for your gift of her to our nation.

May the Great Spirit and Jesus Christ be with you.

Ann Williams

From a Veteran
To the family of Lori Piestewa

Our hearts go out to you at this time of great sadness. We are praying that the creator will give you his strength to help you though this sad time. I have forwarded a message that I sent out to our many young Indian Men and Women serving in the armed forces around the world. They share in your sadness.

With Love from the family of a Desert Storm Veteran
Jim Horner and Family

Prayers and Love
People all across this great nation are praying for your family. Give love and hugs to her children for us.

May God's love, grace and strength be with the Piestewa family.

Betty

Mothers
To Lori's family and friends:

As mothers we want to sent our prayers and love. As we know how pain feels when we lose someone to a better place. May the Great Spirit Guide You Always.

Community Health Services and Public Health Nurses of the Spirit Lake Nation, Fort Totten, North Dakota.

An Indian Angel
My prayers and thoughts are with you at this tragic time. I'm most grateful that your daughter, sister, auntie served her country. Heaven must have needed another Indian angel.

God bless you

Sharon Hale

Condolences
My heartfelt condolence goes to the family of Lori, the prayers and thoughts are with you from my family here on the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Reservation here in northern Minnesota.

Donna

A Role Model
To the surviving Piestewa family, our prayers and hearts are with you. Lori was a true patriot and a true role model for younger Native Americans across the nation. The whole town I live in is in mourning as strangers talk in "Awe" about the tragedy. Those words are true that, "she will never be forgotten." May God bless you in this trying time and know that there is no suffering for her any more.

The Manuelito's
Flagstaff, Az.

She:kon (Mohawk greeting) to the Piestewa family,

The Precious One
My sincerest condolences to your entire extended family on the loss of your precious daughter, mother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, community member. I belong to a Pentecostal church group here in Mohawk Territory and I will bring your family's concerns to our next meeting, for prayers and for the Creator to send you peace, trust and comfort.

Valerie

Pride and Love
We send our prayers and condolences to your family. Lori will be remembered with pride and love.

D. Azule, (Pima) L. Azule (Yakama) Salem, Oregon

She Died for Freedom
A Brave Heart and a Warrior is what I perceive that the person Lori was and Spirit is. Seems she lived life to the best of her ability and served in the Army with the same strengths. She did not die in vain as she died for freedom and hopefully she will serve as a role model for our children not only as a military person but one who was brave no matter what. May the Great Spirit bless and keep her and my condolences to her family. Words cannot say what is truly in our hearts.

George Buffalo
Meskwaki

A Fine Soldier
I am sure she was a fine soldier, our hearts go out to her family and the children she left behind

lhill

She Lives
You tell me then that I must perish
like the flowers that I cherish
Nothing mentioned of my name
Nothing remembered of my fame

But the gardens I planted still are young
and the songs that I sang will still be sung..........

Prince of Texcoco
Tecnochitclan

She lives through her children, her grandchildren her great grandchildren and the many more to come, she lives through her mother her father her brothers her sisters her auntie's her uncles her cousins her neieces,nephews her tribe, and to the many who loved her and called her friend.

Sincerely with Respect and Honour to have had her defending my Family,
Josephine Montes
Apache/Yaqui Nation

My Hero
My prayers and condolences go out to the Piestewa family for the loss of their loved one, Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa. Although I've never met Pfc. Piestewa, she became my hero overnight! She examplifies the term "Warrior" with her spirit, dedication and loyalty. What a role model for people of all nations! She makes me proud to be Native American. Lori, you brought great pride to the Native Americans. You will forever be remembered as a True Warrior. God Bless you, your family and the country for which you sacrificed your life....God Bless America!

Al Francis, Dine'
Scottsdale, AZ 85258

True Warrior of the Native People Knowing she's still in our hearts makes us more confident that she is still fighting for us. In my heart I see her standing there all ready for battle. I know she's still with her family and relatives excpecially her two kids. I'am a sixteen year old girl. I am just writting to you to show how much i care for our people. I will always know she is with her family watching over them and she's with her fellow army friends. She will never give up untill she has won. When i first h eard about PFC Lori A. Piestewa my heart dropped knowing she was the first Native American to get her life stolen away from her. She held her head high and went in there for a victory. I just want to send my prayers out to the family and friends of hers. She was a hero and so is her family for letting her join the army for our country. With love and respect to all who knew her. My prayers are with you.

Sincerely,

~a native girl~

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