Equa Adanvdo adanedi aya hia nvlinegvgv Yv uduladi nudale iga <br />(Great Spirit give me the strength I need another day) <br />nashi Yv anasgvti adasehede anisoi <br />(that I may guide others) <br /> <br />Nasquu gohi Yv adadvdodi vhnai nehi <br />(Also this I ask of you) <br />Equa Unitsi Elohino <br />(Great Mother Earth) <br /> <br />We walked in peace and harmony <br />warriors brave and strong <br />guided by the Great Spirit in the sky <br />respecting the way of Mother Earth <br />we taught this to our children at birth <br /> <br />We were all but one, just like the Eagle, we were free <br />this was our way, the way it would always be <br />with our wings spread, we would fly <br />this was our Native American Pride <br /> <br />Then white man came to take our land <br />said our way of life was wrong <br />this is what they would decide <br />and it didn't take them long <br /> <br />Still we didn't run and hide <br />we stood tall and made our stand <br />never to carry the white man's brand <br />this was our Native American Pride <br /> <br />For our own beliefs, so many died <br />both women and children cried <br />as one by one, all was lost <br />at the white man's cost <br /> <br />Said the color of their skin, made them right <br />but we didn't give in, without a fight <br />no matter how hard they would try <br />they couldn't break our Native American Pride <br /> (Spiritwind-2010)<br /><br />Spiritwind Wood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/native-american-pride/
