Running Eagle Falls - Glacier National Park

My first one since I had a Total Knee Replacement last week. I can only stand at the easel for 15 minutes at a time.

So here is Running Eagle Falls - Glacier National Park.

Running Eagle Falls gets its name from a remarkable adolescent female Blackfeet warrior. Her name was Otaki until Chief Lone Walker gave her the male name Pi’tamaka or Running Eagle, as a sign of respect and honor for her bravery in battle.

Pi’tamaka yearned to know her purpose in life. She went to the cave of rushing water for a vision quest. There the adolescent warrior prayed and fasted for most of a week, hoping her spirit helper would give direction. The upshot was that she decided never to marry but to live in service of her people. In the late 1870s, Running Eagle died in battle with the Flathead tribe.

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