Osiyo, I was looking for the words to Leandra Bitsie's poem-Indigenous Woman (Spoken Words). Also, does anyone have the lyrics to 'I Have No Indian Name' by Walela Waya? Wado! The link below take you to a video of Walela singing the song. The last two links are sites about Leandra.
I Have No Indian Name lyrics:
Where was my grandmother, did you ever let her know
That you had a brown-skinned daughter,
you chose to let her go
Did she drown in dirty water,
Was she broken by the snow
When the Jesus people caught her,
like a little crippled doe
I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name
Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins
I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name
And my tears smoke the fire as I stand inside the rain
You forgot to kiss me mamma,
did you ever mean a thing
To the one who was my father,
Is he the one you blame
for this watered-down creation,
that you never called your own
Now I cry out to the spirit, there raven all alone
I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name
Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins
I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name
And my tears smoke the fire as I stand inside the rain
I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name
Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins
I have no Indian name, no I
you forgot to kiss me mamma..... |
