for thousands of years the world has known countless peoples living in many different ways with their own language art and songs respecting the bounty of nature huron cree ojibway yanomami kaiapo penan nisgas lakota first peoples of this world first of all our voices heard mother father ancient kin spirit names of countless tribes carve and paint chant and drum gift and glory of an olden time weave and spin tales of a new day come hand in hand walking free children of the land and sea dreams and visions dancing in the wind iroquois carib navaho inuit saami miskito dene kelabit haida and today first peoples enrich the earth family share the wisdom of ages for future generations and remind us to protect our sources of beauty health and wonder father sky mother earth all of our relations birth eagle bear turtle whale moving in creations tale first peoples of this world the test of time endured brothers sisters in the sun circle life in a spiral run carve and paint chant and drum gift and glory of an olden time weave and spin tales of a new day come hand in hand walking free children of the land and sea dreams and visions dancing in the wind gitksan ainu fulani arawak arapaho maya maori huichol oromo shoshone hopi innu embera quechua lubicon salish dandami munda gurindji kalinga