Question
Are you still in contact with War Eagle’s family? Joy
I called Big Bear, the man on the cover of the book, to tell him Wolf Medicine had been published just after it was released in January. He was delighted. I no longer have addresses for other members of the family so he sent copies to them on my behalf. When I told Bear it had been published, he said, ‘What took you so long?’
I gave them each a draft of the book shortly after their father died but it was all too raw and fresh to spend time with. They are reading it with enough distance for the first time now.
The book is a snapshot of a time we had 13 years ago and much has happened to separate us since then. Wagon Burner and I stayed in touch for many years but he stopped calling after I married. I think that made our friendship awkward in his eyes. I’ll sometimes stop to see Big Bear when I float down the Sandy River. His knees and back have crippled him and left him housebound. Shining Moon lives in Bend and is happily married. Red Wolf has remarried and moved from Virginia, but I no longer have his address. I fully expect we will reconnect again one day when the time is right.
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