WE THE PEOPLE…

We are Dakotah…

We will not be exterminated…

I hear the heartbeats of my Ancestors

in the heartbeats of my Children.

We will not be assimilated…

I see the faces of my Grandmothers and Grandfathers

in the faces of my Sons and Daughters.

We will not be defeated…

I see the courage of Dakotah Warriors

in the eyes of my Children.

We will not surrender…

Our Dakotah Way of Life

for a greedy and materialistic existence.

We will not be overrun…

We are Children of the Sun

and have faced the US Government’s Guns.

We will not be converted to perverted false religions…

I see the generosity and kindness of Wakan Tanka

in the deepest reaches of my Children’s Hearts.

We are Dakotah…

and

We will never forget…

That we are One of the Original People

of this land.