RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: NATIVE AMERICA
First Nations
Arapaho Cherokee Standing Rock Sioux
Laid claim to this land before me and you
Apache Hopi Cheyenne Hoh
They planted seeds that we should sow
Comanche Paiute Seminole Cree
If you cannot help then let them be
Lakota Iroquois Navaho Crow
Let the spirits rise and the four winds blow
Mohawk Inuit Huron Osage
Remember all the wars we waged
Their numbers followed the buffalo
Twelve million to 235 thousand
From Columbus to near extinction
There are no sides to genocide
But the buffalo is still alive
Along with Turtle Island’s tribes
Their way of life is still here
Like the earth mother they hold dear
Our first nations are owed a debt
We cannot rest until it’s met
So give respect and give again
What is the price of original sin?
(Today is Native American Appreciation Day)
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