Piestewa

On a trip to Arizona, I stopped to see the family of Army Private First Class Lori Piestewa, a twenty-three-year-old Hopi mother who had been killed during the first week of the war after an ambush by Iraqi forces near Nasiriyah.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

Lori Piestewa came from Tuba City, Arizona, home also to Moenkopi, a Hopi enclave in the heart of the Navajo Nation reservation.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

The last time I saw Lori Piestewa, she looked as if she were unconscious, bloody, trapped in the twisted metal of her truck.

I’m Still Standing SHOSHANA JOHNSON 2010

The Humvee that had carried Piestewa, First Sergeant Dowdy, Lynch, and two others they had picked up when their truck broke down.

I’m Still Standing SHOSHANA JOHNSON 2010

On a trip to Arizona, I stopped to see the family of Army Private First Class Lori Piestewa, a twenty-three-year-old Hopi mother who had been killed during the first week of the war after an ambush by Iraqi forces near Nasiriyah.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

I asked Lori Piestewa to take the picture of us with my camera.

I’m Still Standing SHOSHANA JOHNSON 2010

Lori Piestewa came from Tuba City, Arizona, home also to Moenkopi, a Hopi enclave in the heart of the Navajo Nation reservation.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

Piestewa grew up in a military family: her grandfather fought in World War II and her father served in Vietnam.

'I Had A Terrible Feeling' 2007

A rocket-propelled grenade hit the back of our [Humvee], which made Lori [Piestewa], my friend, lose control of the vehicle, and we slammed into the back of another truck in our unit.

Setting the Record Straight 2007

Piestewa, who was driving our First Sergeant, Robert Dowdy.

Opening Statement Before House Oversight & Government Reform Committee 2007