Day 6: Heart Butte Cutoff Road to Heart Butte, 10 miles

Sunrise on the last day of the walk, seen through a haze of smoke was full of reds, pinks and oranges.  Serenaded by coyotes as we left camp spirits were high.  This has been an incredible journey for those who have walked the whole 80 miles.  An opportunity to reconnect with the land, to honor clean water and to show the world what a special place this really is.

Our shadows danced on the hillside next to us as we walked parallel to the rising sun.  We walked past Badger Creek, stopping to appreciate it's rushing sound and the cool of the valley.  It was already starting to get hot.

Carried in a rawhide bag all the way from Chief Mountain to Heart Butte, water from a sacred spring blessed the journey.

 We rested for a while, to allow us to have a strong finish into the Heart Butte Pow Wow.

Some of us got tired and took a ride on the trailer, it was a hot walk on the road. 

But we finished.  And we are so thankful to Pauline Matt for organizing this walk, and helping all of us to honor the clean water of our homeland.  This is not the end of this journey, only the beginning, but what a start.