In 2005 Jay Coates was asked to bring Martines music to a small gathering in the basement of a small church near the memorial ground at Wounded Knee in the Pine Ridge Reservation, Lakota. After listening to a song, one of the respected elders, Chief Marlene Locke sent an invitation for Martine to visit and one of her pleas was that she wanted Martine to assist with telling their story through art and music.

They stayed in touch for several years connected through Jay and in 2014 she gave Martine a Timsala, a Native root plant. She said this plant would help the spirits communicate across the continents, and since then this plant has been present in the core of Martine and Nils Jørgens home.

Time went by and the 30th of March 2018 Marlene passed over to the spirit world. The song "Marlene" came right after, and about six months later Martine and Nils Jørgen was finally able to visited her homeland. Her song was played for her family and friends at Pine Ridge Reservation. Three of the seeds from the Timsala were brought back to her and placed on her memorial ground.