A’tukwewinu’k (storytellers)


i heard the singing through the fire
stones, trees, wind
and it helped me dream

so that today i may awake and sing, too,
for those yet to be

i hope they will hear us one day
calling out the stories
they will need to know and the songs to help them rise

— by Shalan Joudry

Jourdry, S. (2022, April 12). Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future (D. H. Taylor, Ed.). Douglas & McIntyre.

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