A mother, a daughter, a warrior

[Waya]

Today, on the fourth anniversary of her death, friends and relatives will gather in Phoenix to remember Lori Piestewa beneath the mountain that bears her name.

Piestewa died in an ambush in the opening days of the Iraq war, becoming the first Native American woman to die in combat for the U.S.

"The Hopi believe that once you go on your journey, you don't look back," says her father, Terry Piestewa. But with Lori, "she's always in the news, there's always people talking about her." And so, four years later, they tell of Lori's story and spirit..........


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