Haa Shagéinyaa (Thanking Our Ancestors)

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Haa Shagéinyaa (Thanking Our Ancestors)

Haa Shagéinyaa
Haa Shagéinyaa
Haa Shagóon
Haa Shagéinyaa x_’atuwóos’

Haa shagóoni has du latséeni haa too yei ang_a.oo.

Waas k_ut haa kaawasóos haa k_usteeyí g_oot.

Ya yéedat ya tl’átgi kat
wutoo.áadi aa uhwáan haa
tuwáasigoo wutushagóogu
aade ya tlátgi kaa has k_ustéeyin
haa shagóoni has.

Haa tuwáasigoo uhwáan tsú yei
k_utóosteeyi.

Aag_áa áwé gax_tusakóo aade
yak’éiyi yé yá tl’átk k_a a káa at
shayeidihéin.

Aag_áa áwé k’idéin gax_tulatéen
haa tl’átgi k_a haa k_ustéeyi haa
itx_ yaa has na.ádi aa has du jéeyis.

Gunalchéesh
Haa kasáni k_a haa toowú k_a haa
yak_g_waheiyagu latseeni.

Gunalchéesh
Gunalchéesh, ho, ho
Haa Shagéinyaa

Our Protecting Power

Our Ancestors
We call upon our Protecting Power To instill in us the strength of our Ancestors.

It is as if we are lost without our culture.

We who now walk this land seek to learn the ways of our Ancestors, to live in harmony and balance on this land.

We seek to live as one with the land and animals.

So that too, we may know the beauty and bounty of this land.

So that too, we may protect our land and culture for those yet to come.

We are thankful.

Our strength—Body, Mind and Spirit.

We are thankful.

We are very thankful.

Our Protecting Power