Says it all! Thank you. Fran Chinkapin On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Blue Panther via <cherokee@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > From: David Stalvey > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:05 PM > To: cherokee@rootsweb.com ; CherokeeChat ; > CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com ; Dan Perry ; > indigenous_peoples_literature ; littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com ; > Native_Village ; redroad ; summonthewolf > Subject: "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)" > > "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)" > > (As recorded by The Raiders) > JOHN D. LOUDERMILK > > They took the whole Cherokee Nation > Put us on this reservation > Took away our ways of life > The tomahawk and the bow and knife. > > Took away our native tongue > And taught their English to our young > And all the beads we made by hand > Are nowadays made in Japan. > > Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe > So proud to live, so proud to die. > > They took the whole Indian Nation > Locked us on this reservation > Though I wear a shirt or tie > I'm still part red man deep inside. > > Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe > So proud to live, so proud to die. > > But maybe someday when they've learned > Cherokee Nation will return > Will return, will return, will return, will return. > > (c) Copyright 1963, 1967, 1971 by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
That's been my favorite song ever since I was little. But it does say a lot -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Blue Panther via <cherokee@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > From: David Stalvey > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:05 PM > To: cherokee@rootsweb.com ; CherokeeChat ; > CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com ; Dan Perry ; > indigenous_peoples_literature ; littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com > ; Native_Village ; redroad ; summonthewolf > Subject: "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)" > > "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)" > > (As recorded by The Raiders) > JOHN D. LOUDERMILK > > They took the whole Cherokee Nation > Put us on this reservation > Took away our ways of life > The tomahawk and the bow and knife. > > Took away our native tongue > And taught their English to our young > And all the beads we made by hand > Are nowadays made in Japan. > > Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe > So proud to live, so proud to die. > > They took the whole Indian Nation > Locked us on this reservation > Though I wear a shirt or tie > I'm still part red man deep inside. > > Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe > So proud to live, so proud to die. > > But maybe someday when they've learned Cherokee Nation will return > Will return, will return, will return, will return. > > (c) Copyright 1963, 1967, 1971 by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message