As far a religion, she was Christian of some sort. Baptist, Lutheran, ect, I have no idea. She wasn't around much throughout my life. As far as the warrior, Native American, judging by the forest and foliage, I would guess somewhere here in the US.
From the age of 4 or 5, I always had numerous violent dreams.
One in particular was as a male native running down a dirt path in the middle of a forest, knowing as I ran that I was running for my life. Suddenly I was struck in the back with what is my guess, a spear. It threw me to a sitting...