“We Keep a Fire For the Dead” We keep a fire for the dead whose spirits walk before us Who, shoes exchanged for eagle’s wings, now sing angelic chorus Though they no longer walk the land in Brothertown today Our hearts remain forevermore where’er our brethren lay ~A Brothertown Citizen
This has been a difficult week in Brothertown. Many of our people were diagnosed with Covid-19. On December 1, elder Lani Bartelt walked on. Lani began volunteering with the Tribe in the 1980’s and never looked back. Here is a link to a YouTube video that Lani did with us a couple of years ago: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQFMQeCuH_c.
Lani, you will be sorely missed but we are comforted by the thought that the ancestors are there to welcome you with open arms at the gates of our Heavenly Reservation.
The Life of the Brothertown Indians 