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Lori Piestewa 2003: First American Indian woman to die in combat on foreign soil From Army.Mil, American Indians in the Army One Sunday morning, Percy Piestewa received a call from her daughter Lori, a Soldier with the 507th Maintenance Company stationed on Fort Bliss. “Mom, we’re deploying tomorrow,” Lori said. It was the day after the Hopi Powamu, or Bean Dance Ceremony, in which the Hopi people pray for an abundance of water, food, good weather and peace in the coming year. Percy’s husband Terry had been preparing for weeks. He’d run himself ragged with last-minute details in the four days preceding the event and had been up all night participating in the traditional dances. “I’m not sure I can go,” he told his wife. “I’m too tired to drive.” It’s several hours by car from Tuba City, Ariz., to El Paso, Texas, and one of them would have to return with Lori’s car while the other returned in the Family car. ....