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piy​ê​siwak wahkohtowin

by moe clark

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set your feet deep in the galactic mud
of quantum space time entanglements
wiggle your toes through the cosmos
of ancestral stardust drift, riff and glitch

oscillations of sonic prayers humble intervals of chaos
thunderbird protectors ascend atmospheric tensions
waters rise and pool in empathetic vision

set your intentions for dreaming
prepare to visit the unspoken, the unseen
take four deep breaths to enter
listen for the whisper of water to take you in

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piyêsiwak wahkohtowin
thunderbirds kinship

mah! kipehtawâwak-cî
listen! can you hear them?
kihci-piyêsiwak matwê-mâtow
great thunderbirds start to cry loudly
kâ-kitamâkihitok
always have empathy for one another
matwê-ohpahoyiwa
they start to fly up
kimiyikonawak kimiwanêyâpi-wâwi
they gave us all a rainbow egg

mah! kinowâpahta
all of you look!
ana âmow-piyêsîs ê-kaskiyitât
that hummingbird over there is able
ta-âsêhi-pimihât
to fly backwards
ta-kiskisîhitok
to help us remember
wahkohtowin kihci ihtakwan
kinship is sacred

credits

released April 12, 2022
written, created, recorded, performed:
Moe Clark

translation support + pronunciation of nêhiyawêwin:
Charlotte Ross
Joseph Naytowhow

inspired by:
Mary Wilson's Thunderbird story from Web of Virtual Kin gathering

asmr nipiy (water) recordings:
traditional lands of Algonquin (Mont Tremblant)
unceded territory of Kanien’kehá ka - Tio'tia:ke (Montreal)
traditional lands of Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh (Vancouver)

special kinanâskomitinâwaw
nitotêmak (friends) + Jason Lewis in Future Imaginary seminar
+ to all who listen

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moe clark Montreal, Québec

âpihtawikosisâniskwêw multidisciplinary artist moe clark bridges vocal improvisation and multilingual lyricism to create meaning rooted in personal legacy. Her album “Within” toured across North America and her song “nitahkôtan” won best indigenous language music video at ImagiNative. moe facilitates creative workshops + she founded nistamîkwan: a transformational arts organization. ... more

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