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| Dine Woman, 1905 |
In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again
It has become beauty again
Hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shideigi hózhóogo naasháa doo
T’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa doo
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Here in the US, Columbus Day has ben replaced by Indigenous Peoples' Day, celebrating the first peoples of lands throughout the globe.
I am so grateful to my Huron and Chippewa grandmothers and all the native people who have welcomed me into their lives and shared their culture. I could not have written these novels without their guidance and encouragement.
Deep gratitude and a hail and farewell to our precious John Wisdomkeeper who has been such a friend to all of us here at BWL publishing. He walks in beauty.
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Lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteAlways loved the one. "Beauty" has a fuller meaning for the Dinè people, incorporating balance.
DeleteBeautiful thoughts. Thanks for sharing. I believe beauty is always here for those who choose to see it.
ReplyDeleteOur John certainly made that choice.
DeleteSimple, yet so profound. Thanks for sharing, Eileen.
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