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Sister Amy

Amy's legs are hairy

and she knows how to pray.

I don't know the words

to the Lakota songs,

but Amy sings along.

In spirit, she's my sister

and sister to the hawk.

We dance barefoot on Mother Earth.

We laugh and cry our tears.

June 1997

After Your Hanblecheyapi

Dance the Circle round;

dance to Mother's heartbeat.

Be ONE with the drum,

the heartbeat of The People.

Dance for Mother Earth Powwow, Ann Arbor, MI 2014

Listen, listen,

The People bring messages.

It takes a quiet mind to hear them

in the midst of the dance.

Send a voice, send a voice

to the winds, to the Spirits.

Join the chorus in harmony

with The People.

Sing

and dance

up the dawn.

3 September 2000

on Grass Lake
In Loving Memory of our Medicine Elder, Richard Sies, West Wind Wolf (back, left)

lisa eddy (she/her) is a writer, researcher, youth advocate,

environmental educator, and musician. Email: lisagay.eddy1@gmail.com