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Word of the Week: Refuge

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Legend has it that early American Indians had a unique way of training young boys to become Indian braves.

On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing skills, he was put to one final test. He was placed in a thick forest to spend the entire night alone.

Up until then, he had never been away from his family and the tribe. But on this night, he was blindfolded and taken several miles away.  When he took off the blindfold, he was in the middle of a thick woods and he was scared to death! Continue reading

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