Show ra r- r T a A Ao o F f fa ft t a i r I r i f L Li i 1 l IL t.- t. 7 e a an r i n d r j 4 A tA r. r I t PATRICK RILEY KATHY GILES I d IL L I 25 azer s Strip By RAY LOUIS The Navajo the the Dine people are the largest Indian tribe to today today today to- to day In the United States They are divided into different clans I clans such as saltines salt- salt in ines es Raccoons etc There are area a lot of names which cant can't be translated to English THE TIIE CLANS are very tant All those who belong to one clan are brothers and sisters or related to each other in some way A few different clans are related to each other The children children chil chil- dren all belong to the mothers mother's clan and the people that belong to your fathers father's clan are your fathers because they are the ones that brought you into the world People from the same clan cannot marry nor can those that are related to your clan like your fathers The tribe also prefers for you to marry within the tribe It seems for some strange reason when you marry out of the tribe you get getsick getsick getsick sick and will have to have a special ceremony for you to dri drive ve away the spirit or the evil connections between the tribes MA MAYBE THIS is because long ago before the white wrote people came into this land the tribes used to fight each other These battle stories are still told to young children but the older people dont don't want to say much about them because they dont don't want the white te people to know mow the sacred battles of thunder and lightning But as time admits there are more intermarriages today than there were long ago People say that they dont don't care if they get getsick getsick getsick sick or not I dont don't either By the way I belong to the Saltine cl clan an Hello Hell Hello 0 Okay Okay i Yes Yes No No dooda dooda Thanks Thanks I II I love you you o yoi i I Special to the Strip Out For I Broke We slowly walked towards the corral dreaming of things in space and beyond I saw a pinto horse walking around Inside the corral and I asked my older brother Roy if that was the horse he told me about yesterday He said it was I We walked up to the fence and cli climbed to the top pole and settled settled settled set set- ourselves I sat there for awhile thinking what the horse would do if I sat on it It wasn't a real big horse three or four years old maybe I thought to myself should I or shouldn't I. I Then I said quietly forget it We glanced around and then we walked over to the other two horses in a different and smaller small small- er corral They were younger about two years old I reached in to touch one but it moved away with some hay hanging out from its mouth I said okay be that way MY BROTHERS talked about taking these horses home to tame and train ain them I agreed I in my mind and glanced back at atthe atthe atthe the two horses They were near the fence again I to toward toward toward to- to ward them again but Roy said Lets Let's go back over here He pointed at the big corral I stopped and looked at the two horses then I turned around to walk behind my brothers We watched the pinto bronc I again as it strode around restless restless rest rest- i less his head high his bang glowing with the breeze The sun was going down fast and the scene was becoming cloudy Anybody want to ride em emI I glanced to my right and saw the owner a big-bellied big fellow Come on somebody before it gets dark he continued as he glanced around the wide corral I LOOKED at Roy and thought Maybe I ought to but Ill I'll wait and see what Roy will say I wanted to but there was something something something some some- thing that kept me back so I Isaid Isaid Isaid said nothing TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK |