First Peoples - Raffi

«For thousands of years the world has known

Countless peoples living in many different ways

With their own language, art, and songs

Respecting the bounty of nature»

Huron Cree Ojibway Yanomami

Kaiapo Penan Nisga’s Lakota

First peoples of this world

First of all our voices heard

Mother father ancient kin

Spirit names of countless tribes

Carve and paint, chant and drum

Gift and glory of an olden time

Weave and spin tales of a new day come

Hand in hand, walking free

Children of the land and sea

Dreams and visions dancing in the wind

Iroquois Carib Navaho Inuit Saami

Miskito Dene Kelabit Haida

«And today, First Peoples enrich the Earth family

Share the wisdom of ages for future generations

And remind us to protect our sources of

Beauty, health, and wonder»

Father Sky, Mother Earth, all of our relations' birth

Eagle bear turtle whale, moving in creation’s tale

First Peoples of this world, the test of time endured

Brothers, Sisters in the sun, circle life in a spiral run

Carve and paint, chant and drum

Gift and glory of an olden time

Weave and spin tales of a new day come

Hand in hand, walking free

Children of the land and sea

Dreams and visions dancing in the wind

Gitk’san Ainu Fulani Arawak Arapaho

Maya Maori Huichol Oromo

Shoshone Hopi Innu Embera Quechua

Lubicon Salish Dandami Munda Gurindji Kalinga