"We're All Proud Of Our Indian Names"


I have brothers and sisters

Who would take my hand

Ties to Oklahoma

And the Eastern Band.

Proud of my birthright

I'm Cherokee

These words that you are reading

Are a tribute from me.



There are Chippewa and Choctaw

Apache and the Creek

Arapahoe, Navajo

Oh how they long to speak.

Shawnee, Delaware

Sioux and Cheyenne

They'd all say the same thing

"This used to be our land".



We are all related

One in the same

Fighting for our people

Trying to stop the pain,

The Red Road that we travel

Isn't paved with shame

We're all proud

Of our Indian names.



On a rundown reservation

One can clearly see

What the cold hand of progress

Has left for you and me.

But the world we cling to

Still isn't free

How much more

Do they want from you and me.



We are all related

One in the same

Fighting for our people

Trying to stop the pain,

The Red Road that we travel

Isn't paved with shame

We're still proud

Of our Indian names.



In the eyes of our Creator

Our beauty abounds

Mother Earth cradles us

Fills our soul with native sounds.

Wraps the Circle around us

Strength for our feet

So we can walk the Red Road

Together....

You and me......



We are all related

One in the same

Fighting for our people

Trying to stop the pain,

The Red Road that we travel

Will never be in shame

We'll always be proud

Of our Indian names......





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