Remembering My Dear Brother Ernie Philip, a Great Elder

My dear brother Ernie Philip, another of our great elders, has passed to the Other Side Camp. We met and sat together for NAC Ceremonies at United Indians in Discovery Park, Seattle, in 1976. We became close spiritual brothers, and while I did not see him often, it seemed like no time had passed, and we felt the spiritual closeness we did in our first NAC Ceremony.

Two smiling white-haired elders stand side by side indoors, one in a striped shirt with a turquoise bolo tie and large belt buckle, the other in a colorful patterned jacket.