Monday, October 9, 2017

Celebrating Coast Salish Day

The city of Bellingham officially designated the second Monday in November as Coast Salish Day. To commemorate that day, and reflect on the legacy of the interactions between the people who have lived here since time immemorial and those of us who have settled here, we thought we'd share this video made by Lisa Cook. a graduate of Northwest Indian College.


Iê!
Reconheço que essa terra
é a casa ancestral
de um povo bem antigo
que é preciso respeitar.
A essencia desse povo
é na terra, é no mar
é nas arvores, nos rios
é a historia do lugar.
Agora moramos juntos,
juntos vamos trabalhar
para defender essa terra
para defender o mar!
Nessa roda de Angola
é bonito de se ver
vem p’ra roda meu colega
a amizade vai crescer, camarada!
Iê viva meu Mestre!
Iê quem me ensinou!
Iê a Capoeira
Iê é de Angola
Iê!
I recognize that this land
is the ancestral home
of a very ancient people
who are worthy of respect
The essence of this people
is in the land, is in the sea,
is in the trees, in the rivers,
it’s the history of this place.
Now we live together,
together, let us work
to defend this land
to defend the sea!
In this roda of [capoeira] angola
it’s good to see you
come to the roda, my friend,
our friendship will grow!
Iê long live my Mestre
Iê who is the one who taught me
Iê about Capoeira
Iê it’s from Angola