ABSTRACT
Mazaokiyewin used the sharp-pointed awl for punching holes in pieces of leather before stitching them together with deer sinew. When Mazaokiyewin engraved the dots into her awl handle, she carefully marked each one with red pigment, made by boiling sumac berries with a small root found in the ground near the village. One hot day following the dance, Mazaokiyewin gathered together all of the leatherwork she had finished since returning to Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan after the spring hunting and sugaring seasons. Mazaokiyewin knew she had produced more beaded and quilled articles than most of the community's young women, and she looked forward to bringing recognition to her parents and grandparents. Mazomani and Hazawin were proud of their daughter, Mazaokiyewin. One evening, as Mazaokiyewin and Hazawin stored the last of the summer's harvested corn, they were reminded of praying-man' Riggs and his strange belief that men should plant corn.
