To our elders

who teach us of our creation and our past

so we may preserve Mother Earth for ancestors yet to come

We are the land

This is dedicated to our relatives before us,

And to the 150 million who were exterminated across the Western Hemisphere

In the first four hundred year's time, starting in 1492

To those who have kept their homelands

And to the nations extinct

due to mass slaughter, slavery, deportation

and disease unknown to them

And to the ones who are subjected to the same treatment today

And the ones who died along the way

To those who carry on traditions and live strong among their people

To those who left their communities by force

or by choice

and through generations no longer know who they are

To those who search and never find

To those who turn away the so-called "non-accepted"

To those that bring us together

And to those living outside,

keeping touch,

the voice for many

To those that make it back to live and fight the struggles of their people

To those that give up

And those who do not care

To those who abuse themselves and others

And those who revive again

To those who are physically, mentally, or spiritually incapable,

by accident or by birth

To those who seek strength in our spirituality and way of life

And those who exploit it

– even our own

To those who fall for the lies and join the dividing lines that keep

us fighting amongst each other

To the outsiders who step in

– good or bad

And those of us who don't know better

To the leaders and prisoners of war,

politics,

crime,

race and religion

– innocent or guilty

To the young

The old

The living

And the dead

To our brothers and sisters and all living things across Mother Earth

and Her beauty we've destroyed

and denied the honour that the Creator has given

Each individual:

The truth that lies in our hearts

All my relations