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title: Remembering Our Heritage
description: I see a new path we must walk, and even though a chore, NATIVE HOPE is here HOPE, when Natives and hope are brought together, we have nothing to fear.
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# Remembering Our Heritage

## Oct 16, 2017 | Native Hope

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*Looking out over the prairie and into the hills, taking in the beauty of mother earth  
 Family working together, a warrior hunting for food and a new mother giving birth  
 Family circles sitting together to bead, while the children play in sight  
 One tribe working together, through the day and into the night  
 I see the bond, I see the smiles, and even though a chore, we live in love  
 HOPE, our knowledge, our joy, our future, right now it’s enough*

*Looking out over the dirt roads, to the homes which we were sent  
 We were promised we could stay together here, but we live in torment  
 Families struggling to make ends meet, watching the tears that fall  
 Living with the addiction, abuse, and depression that is written on the wall   
 I have seen what I can’t unsee, and even though a chore, we live here in our fears   
 HOPE, my wish, my desire, hope to live free and stop the falling tears*

*Looking out over this life, from what it was and what it has become  
 Remembering the songs and still hearing the drums  
 Listening to the elders' stories wishing for what was, once more  
 Our children need these memories; they need that open door  
 Let’s take each other by the hand and move all as one  
 Just take the first steps, and the walk has now begun  
 I see a new path we must walk, and even though a chore, NATIVE HOPE is here  
 HOPE, when Natives and hope are brought together, we have nothing to fear*

*![tipi_landscape.jpg](https://blog.nativehope.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/tipi_landscape.jpg?width=1024&name=tipi_landscape.jpg)*

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