Friday, November 27, 2009

Whipers of the Lakota


Tell Me About Your Story

Tell me about your story

Was there blood, sweat or tears?

Maybe there was some glory

Over your last 100 years

With your homeland

Prisoners they were

A powerful people

A powerful prayer

See the strength

Feel the pride

Run with nature

Nothing to hide

A little more heartache, it will never last

Strong in their ways, set in their path

Walking in beauty, all the way

Walking in beauty, the natives way

Brought them home, home to stay

This is our story

Of blood, sweat, and tears

No, there is no glory

But we will be here

The next 100 years.

Lavelle, 10th grade


A Better Life

My dreams are endless

My passion is relentless

A better life is not hopeless.

Dillon, 10th grade


Where Life Never Ends

Neverending dreams where life never ends—

where people live in perfect harmony

where color is not wrong

where we can walk and sing without laughter of putdowns

where someone greets you with words of joy

where loneliness and inequality become a speck of dirt in the winds of the past –

But reality must come first.

Red Cloud Graduate 2006


My Definition

Love is

the climax of my happiness.

and the pinnacles of my pain.

Love is

the fire in my heart with

an eternal flame.

Isabelle, 10th grade


Lies

I hate lies!

Lies that cause trouble.

When I look into your eyes,

I see those lies.

The lies that made you cry

Making me want to go and hide.

I can’t stop your lies.

I can’t even hide from prying eyes.

So what do I do?

I seek the truth.

I find comfort in the truth.

Sure the games is ruthless

But I have nothing left to lose.

Them lies, than just ain’t me,

Because I know the truth will set me free!

Rilda, 9th grade


Life

We often call it a gift, a mystery.

We have the power to make or take.

Let’s think about this

I know we all can relate

A brand new human, bright-eyed to the world

We cannot tell time, we cannot tell where or when

Something will happen but we can see that brand new

Baby Boy or Baby Girl

Life is a treasure, a gift not to be destroyed

You cannot throw a child away as if it were a toy.

The actions you take can certainly make or break

Take the time to consider the Life

You make.

Jessie, 10th grade


Red Road

It’s peace defying

It holds no violence

that’s why I follow it insilence

It is the Red Road

Peace and Harmony is what it shows

Canku Luta some might say

Strong and bold is how you play

look into yourself

That’s how you find it

Do good for the people

Don’t let evil blind it

Look into Jesus’ eyes

Walk with him pride

At the end when you take flight

You’re guaranteed a spot in paradises.

Caltin, 10th grade


Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, SD . . . is the largest privately funded indian school in the United States, educating almost 600 students on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in a remote part of South Dakota since 1888.

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