<html> <!--Generated by Angelfire: L04S00--> <head> <title>Native American Sayings and Art Work</title> </head> <body background="nativebg2.jpg" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#800080"> <basefont size="3"> <div align="center"> <!--Header--> <h1 align="center">Native American Sayings and Art Work</h1> <!--EndHeader--> <!--Freetext--><BGSOUND SRC="http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/wingwomanowl/dancebuff.mid"><p><center><h1><font color=black>Trail of Tears<h1><center><h2>There's a trail of Tears<center>Flowing from our homeland<center>Washing out the years<center>Drowning out the Red Man<center>There's a broken heart<center>Beating like a funeral drum<center>A nation torn apart<center>So one can be born<p><center>There's a memory<center>That the Eagle holds high<center>When we were free<center>As the wind in the sky<center>There's a feeling inside<center>That stirs our madness<center>To have a chosen life<center>In the fields of sadness<p><center>There are some empty teepees<center>Falling into dust<center>Like an endangered species<center>We're losing too much<center>We are a world forgotten<center>Pushed aside and left alone<center>But comes a time when we will rise again<center>Oh Great One,hear our prayers and our song</font><p><!--EndFreetext--> <p> <!--ImageGroup--> <img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/Cherokee_Trail_of_Tears.jpg"> <p> <font size="5">Cherokee Trail Of Tears </font> <p> <!--Freetext--><img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/"><p><center><h1><font color=black>Mounds<h1><center><p><p><center><h2>Silent winds hold down the tale<center>Of an ancient yesteryear<center>Beneath the mounds and forgotten trails<center>The memories are hidden here<center>No longer smoke the Calumet<center>No longer a whistle blows<center>All are buried here together<center>With the Arrows and the Bows<p><center>So many stories are still held inside<center>Many we will never learn<center>The Sacred Fire has long ago died<center>Never again to burn<center>No longer to chase the deer<center>No longer praise the dance<center>All of it buried here<center>With the Bonnet and the Lance<p><center>Once stood majestic in the thick of a forest<center>a kingdom in their time<center>But time has crept and now they rest<center>In cities of yours and mine<center>No longer feasts or games<center>All buried here within the mound<center>Though ancient still sustain</font><p> <!--EndFreetext--> <!--EndImageGroup--> <p> <!--ImageGroup--> <img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/Brothers.jpg"> <p> <font size="5">Spirits Together</font> <p> <!--Freetext--><img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/"><p><center><h1><font color=black>Rainwalker<h1><center><p><p><center><h2>They have taken me from the wild<center>But they'll never take the wild from me<center>My soul is of the earth<center>My spirit is forever free<p><center>I run swift as the Deer<center>My eyes are keen as the Hawk<center>I am strong as the Oak<center>I am light and dark<p><center>I speak with my Forefathers<center>In our native tounge<center>From the heavens fall the waters<center>Their tears for their loved ones<p><center>Visions they behold me<center>My escape to the worlds past<center>Why was I born in times like these<center>Where thorns block my paths<p><center>They've taken me from the wild<center>But they'll never take the wild from me<center>It's in my blood, it's in my spirit<center>Forever it will be<center> For I am Rainwalker</font><p> <!--EndFreetext--> <!--EndImageGroup--> <p> <!--ImageGroup--> <img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/Spirit_of_the_Wild.jpg"> <p> <font size="5">Spirit of the Wild</font> <p> <!--Freetext--><img src="/oh3/wingwomanowl/"><p><center><h1><font color=black>Brothers of the Wind<h1><center><p><p><center><h2>Brothers of the wind<center>Lets us stir again<center>Let us blow through our native land,touching every man<center>Let them feel our being<center>Let us touch their soul<center>Let our spirit pierce each one<center>Let them know we've come<p><center>Brothers of the wind<center>Lets put it at an end<center>We've danced The Ghost Dance long enough<center>They're waiting on us<center>The Great Spirit has come<center>Bringing with him life<center>All that once was gone, now freely runs<p><center>Brothers of the wind<center>let our nation rise<center>let us live the way we did<center>Before the white man arrived<center>Lets begin again<center>My brothers of the wind</font><p><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/wingwomanowl/pg3">Next Page</a><p><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/wingwomanowl/index.html">Back</a> <!--EndFreetext--> <!--EndImageGroup--> <p> </div> </body> </html>