People Of The Red Earth Poem by VICTORIA HEIM

People of the Red Earth

From spiritual strength
came survival
Grandfather knew
what to keep, what to keep away
Grandmother
Traveled to where
People of the Red Earth
live to create their families
Grateful for her guidance
Respectful of the hardship she endured
sharing her knowledge
about ways to live
she received the gift
of the Creator's kindness
the courageous
'Keepers of Importance'
celebrate the idenity of
The Meskwaki Nation