ani-yulaqui adadvdodise itsulv adadolisdodi nasgidv gvdodi. itsula hnadvgise nasgine. hilayvi itsula asduidise aquatseli agadolidine, itsula uhise unatseli tsugaheda-goweline, ale nasgidv uhise aquatseli elohine.
ᎠᏂ-ᏳᎳᏈ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ ᎢᏧᎸ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎬᏙᏗ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎿᏛᎩᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ. ᎯᎳᏴᎢ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏍᏚᎢᏗᏎ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᎦᏙᎵᏗᏁ, ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᎯᏎ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏧᎦᎮᏓ-ᎪᏪᎵᏁ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎤᎯᏎ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎡᎶᎯᏁ.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A Storm Is Coming
A storm is coming that is bigger
than Florence or Michael.
We are hunkered down
thousands of miles away.
How can I be here,
writing these lines?
I've been given
extra time
to do it.
than Florence or Michael.
We are hunkered down
thousands of miles away.
How can I be here,
writing these lines?
I've been given
extra time
to do it.
We Have Been Here Fourteen Thousand Years
We have been here fourteen thousand years,
you have been here for a few hundred.
What gives you the right
to kill us,
to steal our land,
to reduce us to misery?
I am asking you,
I am asking you
now.
you have been here for a few hundred.
What gives you the right
to kill us,
to steal our land,
to reduce us to misery?
I am asking you,
I am asking you
now.
ulinawi amayeli (revised, with translation)
ulinawi amayeli tla gesvise "goluwadvdita" ani-yulaqui digvwalosv, nasgi gesvise adayvsedita. itsula gayula gesvise ahani nigadu agayvlidi tsudetiyvda hilayvi nasgidv nvlise.
ᎤᎵᎾᏫ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ "ᎪᎷᏩᏛᏗᏔ" ᎠᏂ-ᏳᎳᏈ ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᏓᏴᏎᏗᏔ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᎭᏂ ᏂᎦᏚ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᏗ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎯᎳᏴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏅᎵᏎ.
Turtle Island was not "discovered" by the Europeans, it was invaded. We had already been here 14,000 years when they came.
ᎤᎵᎾᏫ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ "ᎪᎷᏩᏛᏗᏔ" ᎠᏂ-ᏳᎳᏈ ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᏓᏴᏎᏗᏔ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᎭᏂ ᏂᎦᏚ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᏗ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎯᎳᏴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏅᎵᏎ.
Turtle Island was not "discovered" by the Europeans, it was invaded. We had already been here 14,000 years when they came.
ulinawi amayeli / ᎤᎵᎾᏫ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ
ulinawi amayeli tla gesvise "goluwadvdita" unegv yvwi digvwalosv, nasgi gesvise adayvsedita. itsula gayula gesvise ahani nigadu agayvlidi tsudetiyvda hilayvi nasgidv nvlise.
ᎤᎵᎾᏫ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ "ᎪᎷᏩᏛᏗᏔ" ᎤᏁᎬ ᏴᏫ ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᏓᏴᏎᏗᏔ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᎭᏂ ᏂᎦᏚ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᏗ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎯᎳᏴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏅᎵᏎ.
ᎤᎵᎾᏫ ᎠᎹᏰᎵ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ "ᎪᎷᏩᏛᏗᏔ" ᎤᏁᎬ ᏴᏫ ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᏓᏴᏎᏗᏔ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᎭᏂ ᏂᎦᏚ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᏗ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎯᎳᏴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏅᎵᏎ.
Persistence
Like light from a star that has died,
sights and sounds of the past
still hurtle through space
at light-speed.
They are coded
in our DNA,
they affect us
still.
sights and sounds of the past
still hurtle through space
at light-speed.
They are coded
in our DNA,
they affect us
still.
