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Julian Ankney:
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Kúx
kúx
kúx
Kúx
kúx
kúx
The sound
of the footsteps of a deer
and of humans
or the sound
of hitting the ground
with a
club.
And then he stopped and looked
around
and he
D
E
S
i
a
r
His head and looked to the sky,
and opened his mouth
Qiséeq.
He tasted the air
and began
to load his pipe. ‘íte
‘íte ‘Íte
‘Íte. He decided to sit down
and
have a smoke
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi túuqi
túuqi túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
túuqi
Ke’itúu
and such things.
Then he began to put his
pipe away and secure his
Túuq,
tobacco in his pocket, stretching his back. sky. to the
looked
He
He stood up
feeling connected to his Waqíima ‘Anoqónma
Ancient, old Ancestors.
This land
will
all be gone one day
he heard
Waqíima ‘Anoqónma say.
He was always the listener,
the recipient of council.
Then he began to shake his head and he began
to change
his form
‘ipnáhoxsca!
As if by magic
becoming
piyóopiyo
piyóopiyo
piyóopiyo. Then coyote flew away.