DONE WITH CLASS

Yesterday's ceremony celebrated Piestewa's heritage by mingling Hopi, Catholic and Mexican-American traditions. Mariachis strummed a song that simply said "Adios." They later sang the Lord's Prayer in Spanish during a Mass.

Piestewa, a member of the Hopi tribe, is believed to have been the first American Indian woman killed while fighting for the U.S. military.

Yesterday's ceremony was held on Piestewa Peak, a mountaintop named for her.

"It makes my heart heavy to think of those people who haven't made it home. This peak belongs to all the veterans who didn't make it," said Piestewa's father, Terry, a Vietnam War veteran.