| «For thousands of years the world has known
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| Countless peoples living in many different ways
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| With their own language, art, and songs
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| Respecting the bounty of nature»
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| Huron Cree Ojibway Yanomami
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| Kaiapo Penan Nisga’s Lakota
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| First peoples of this world
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| First of all our voices heard
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| Mother father ancient kin
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| Spirit names of countless tribes
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| Carve and paint, chant and drum
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| Gift and glory of an olden time
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| Weave and spin tales of a new day come
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| Hand in hand, walking free
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| Children of the land and sea
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| Dreams and visions dancing in the wind
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| Iroquois Carib Navaho Inuit Saami
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| Miskito Dene Kelabit Haida
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| «And today, First Peoples enrich the Earth family
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| Share the wisdom of ages for future generations
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| And remind us to protect our sources of
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| Beauty, health, and wonder»
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| Father Sky, Mother Earth, all of our relations' birth
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| Eagle bear turtle whale, moving in creation’s tale
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| First Peoples of this world, the test of time endured
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| Brothers, Sisters in the sun, circle life in a spiral run
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| Carve and paint, chant and drum
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| Gift and glory of an olden time
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| Weave and spin tales of a new day come
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| Hand in hand, walking free
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| Children of the land and sea
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| Dreams and visions dancing in the wind
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| Gitk’san Ainu Fulani Arawak Arapaho
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| Maya Maori Huichol Oromo
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| Shoshone Hopi Innu Embera Quechua
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| Lubicon Salish Dandami Munda Gurindji Kalinga |