Description 'For me writing has become prayers that say, `Great Spirit, return to us our freedom, our land, andour lives. We are thankful for the present from which we learn how to be thankful for the past, and how to be hopeful for the future.' ~ Barney Bush, SHAWNEE We Native people have really been tested. This testing is having our land taken from us, our culture challenged, and our way of living altered. Gratefully, we have not lost our spirituality. Our spirituality has been the key for our people making it through all of these tests. Our prayers are strong. Indian people have also been able to adjust to change and still keep their culture and spirituality. Today, we should be grateful to the Creator for the present and for the lessons of the past. May our future be guided by the Great Spirit. Great Spirit, thank You for Mother Earth and Father Sky. Thank You formy life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~They took the whole Cherokee NationAnd put us on this reservationTook away our ways of lifeThe tomahawk and the bow and knifeThey took away our native tongueAnd taught their English to our youngAnd all the beads we made by handAre nowadays made in JapanCherokee people, Cherokee tribeSo proud to live, so proud to dieThey took the whole Indian NationAnd locked us on this reservationAnd though I wear a shirt and tieIm still a red man deep insideCherokee people, Cherokee tribeSo proud to live, so proud to dieBut maybe someday when they learnCherokee Nation will returnWill returnWill returnWill returnWill return * Cherokee Nation * ~ by Paul Revere and The Raiderswww.youtube.com/watch?v=SQor3dPE89I
Desbah Allison, Pagosa Springs, Colorado Member Since April 2009 Artist Statement Ya'teeh' *Hello* ..i am *Desbah* ~ meaning *going 2 war* ..a full blooded native american of the Dine' or the Navajo Nation ...~.born for the Red House Clan & Bitterwater. I LOVE living in Colorful Colorado!
I have found a special heavenly bond with Photography...to capture daily gifts we are blessed with each day. I LOVE taking photos of Mother Nature & Father Sky...learning each day with beautiful blessings they bestow on us.
Thanks for your heavenly visit's...i am honored & touched.
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Desbah