Ulali - All My Relations lyrics

To our elders who teach us of our creation and of our past so that we may preserve it for ancestors yet to come* 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 year's time, starting in 1492 To those who have kept their homelands And to the nations extinct due to ma** 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