| Chiefs Part I |
| Some Chiefs that have touched my life and I am honored to have known them ~ |
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| Chief Yellow Lark from Seattle, Washington, named my brother and I as bears while infants (my brother being the younger bear) as we were blessed -- born with Bear Spirits |
| Chumash Chief Bob Rivera his wife, Natalie, and myself at the first Honoring of the Elders Gathering held at Mt. Madonna in 1989 (near Gilroy California). Bob and I were Head Man and Woman dancers. |
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| Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chad Corntassel Smith and myself "schmoozing" at a meeting in Bakersfield on April 29, 2006. I was there in support of dear friends who are both Cherokee. |
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