Ulali - All My Relations lyrics

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To our elders who teach us of our creation and of our past so that we may preserve Mother Earth for ancestors yet to come. We are the land.

This is dedicated to our relatives before us, thousands of years ago

And to the 150 million who were exterminated across the Western Hemisphere in the first four hundred years' time, starting in 1492

To those who have kept their homelands

And to the nations extinct due to mass slaughter, slavery, deportation and disease unknown to them

And to the ones who are subjected to the same treatment today

To those who survived the relocations

And those who died along the way

To those who carry on traditions and live strong among their people

To those who left their communities by force or by choice and through generations no longer know who they are

To those who search and never find

To those who turn away the so-called "non-accepted"

To those who bring us together

And to those living outside, keeping touch, the voice for many

To those that make it back to live and fight the struggles of their people

To those that give up

And those who do not care

To those who abuse themselves and others

And those who revive again

To those who are physically, mentally, or spiritually incapable, by accident or by birth

To those who seek strength in our spirituality and way of life

To those who exploit it

– even our own

To those who fall for the lies and join the dividing lines that keep us fighting amongst each other

To the outsiders who step in

– good or bad

And those of us who don't know better

To the leaders and prisoners of war, politics, crime, race and religion

– innocent or guilty

To the young

The old

The living

And the dead

To our brothers and sisters in all living things across Mother Earth and her beauty we've destroyed and denied the honour that the Creator has given each individual:

The truth that lies in our hearts

All my relations

Thanks to Megan for correcting these lyrics