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to let her live as she had many friends and family who relied on her, and that, she had a lot left to do in the world. Ever since that time she had a transformation and gravitated to a very spiritual type of life – even though
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In 2008, she traveled with the group on "a trip to Rome to try to get Pope
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with area tribes that continued to perform this ceremony. Following numerous visits to ceremonial and spiritual gatherings of northwest tribes, the
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at its founding in 2004. "She was honored as a "Living
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due to the unprecedented increase in salmon seen in the river since the ceremony has been performed.
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Married three times, Pilgrim had three daughters and three sons. Pilgrim also had twenty
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