washoe blessing

The blessing of the water for safe travel as well as abundant life and quenching of thirst

 

I love that there was some element of the native american stewardship, as all of this grand lake was once Da-Wa , or big water, to the tribes that inhabited this region before westward expansion brought the white, european, south american settlers west

 

at the

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Uploaded on June 26, 2010
Taken on June 26, 2010