I Will Be Indigenous / ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᏴᏫᏯ

I will be indigenous
to the indigenous,
a Jew to the Jews,
a Christian to
the Christians.
What I will not be
is a hater,
or an oppressor.
To me, the most important
thing is respect.
If I must be
only one thing,
I will be human,
to everyone.

Short version:

I will be indigenous
to the indigenous,
a Jew to the Jews,
a Christian
to the Christians,
and human
to everyone.

ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᏴᏫᏯ
ᏴᏫᏯ ᏗᏜ,
ᏧᏏ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏗᏜ,
ᏧᎾᏁᎸᏗ ᎠᏂᏧᎾᏁᎸᏗ ᏗᏜ,
ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ
ᏂᎦᏛ ᏗᏜ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.