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Wednesday 18 October 2023

 

Joe Buffalo, talks about his dad being sexually molested. He talks about the effects of Indian Residential School had on him. 250 kids crying. He could hear the spirits in the walls. "Whose going to protect me?" Yet, his parents had it worse. His story about a rough life being a wild child. I am posting this video for all those who believe they can not heal. We as indigenous people were taught 'white adjacency'is the ideal because we are worthless and invisible. We depend on others. We depend on those we do not know to come safe us. So many times I've seen my leaders buy 'medicine people' to come heal us. We do not look from within our own indigenous communties for our own healers. I post this video about Joe Buffalo. As I've written this blog discussing my own journey hoping to gain the respect of men towards indigenous women and indigenous girls. It's the strength of those trained indignous women. During times when I just feel like giving up. When I hear that I am 'black listed' within my own community. I am an elder here and yet the leadership do not like what I write within my blog. Joe Buffalo talks about directlng his energy towards his craft of skatebroading rather than directing towards drug addictions. He's speaking the truth about the impact of intergenerational truama has on all our indigenous or some called all First Nations communties. We continue to lose our youth. A generation is being lost. The money directed towards Truth and Reconciation is not making its way to the 'grassroots' people instead its going to those who were educated within a colonial system that is systemic. We are our own medicine. We are those sp'sirits that our ancestors prayed to help us heal. I've said this to my nephews. We do not need to pay so called 'plastic medicine people' we do not need indigenous adjacency. Those who get money because the are associated with thrid world people like me. Yes, whats happening in the middle east and the death and distruction happened to us at some point in our history. Those who are oppressed, whose who suffer from conflict understand. We may not be hidding from bombs or gun fire, we are still dying. Society shoses who lives and who dies. We must find the courage to continue healing. As my own people as with so many Frist Nations or indigenous people (whatever is acceptatble) are experiencing. Anytime we accpet money from the government or from within our own communities, we are slienced. I am heartbroken that the victims of Nathan Chasing Horse who live within my community refuse to talk about how they are healing. This video of Joe Buffalo is prove that healing is possible without shame or fear. I only wish and hope those who were and still being effected by this 'fake, plastic medicine man' will find their courage. Since the denial of Indian Residentical School is so prevalent for decades that our own leadership pays such fake people. Thousand of dollars paid out becausse we can not see our own people's strengths. There is a new generation who are listening and I hope they hear or read my blog. Many times I've felt like i was all alone, loonely. I am human. I have needs. I still need acceptance and validation too. it's how we or I direct my energy. So my reader, I ask you to visualize me being encased in a bubble made up of postive,protective, reflective healing energy directed to saying to people "i love you!"

Sunday 15 October 2023

woman's song

 

The Nakota, Dakota and Lakota Womoan's song this is my late mother's interpretaton translated into Dakota I will attempt to edit it in the best way possible as I've worked on this song for sometime now. 

 1.My late mother's wording 
 Nahaŋ winyaŋ kiŋ 
 Bdihečiya ye 
 Niye opeča 
 Ničiŋča kiŋ ča 
 Oyate kiŋ ye 
 Wačiŋ hi yape

My listening to an app to get the universal translate of the language attached for everyone to sing it. There are so many different dialects, so I am hoping I can feel comfortable in sing it later on 

2. Woman’s song 
 Núŋǧe yúzA wiŋyaŋ kiŋ (listen women) 
 BdihédičiyA ye (have courage) 
 Niyé opeca (get ready)
 Ničhíŋkši kiŋ ca (your children) 
 Oyate kiŋ ye (Your people) 
 WačhiŋkuyA hi yape (are depending on you)