QUOTE : She taught me I didn't own things. I really liked the idea of possession. We don't own our mothers. We don't own our bodies or our land - maybe I'm unsure. We become the land when we are buried in it. Our grandmothers have been uprooted and shelved in boxes, place on slabs of plastic, or packed neatly in rooms or turned into artifact- all after proper burials. Indians aren't always allowed to rest in peace. I want to be buried in a bone garden with my ancestors someday. I'd like to belong to that.