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QuoteJan is an Indian elder of Cree, French, and Nez Perce ancestry.

Quote"Hummingbird Stands" Lodge is housed in a twenty-four foot Crow tipi on her farm near Rainer, Washington.

Quotes from her bio: http://www.gatheringofcircles.com/2005/2005_speaker.htm

Her Hummingbird Stands Lodge: http://hummingbirdstandslodge.com/index.php

QuoteShe recently led talking circles at the Quinault Reservation for a gathering of three hundred Washington State employees

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Some people reading this would assume this means Jan Syr is special because she supposedly got permission and support from the Quinault Nation to lead talking circles for a large group of people who are special because they work for the state.

But most likely it just means she helped moderate a convention type group, maybe with ceremonial flourishes, at the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino. http://www.quinaultbeachresort.com/meetings_capacities.html. Probably as part of a larger event.