Dear Greater Vallejo Recreational District- Please Don't Desecrate Our Ancestors' Graves

p iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9N68yVY3xjc" width="480"/iframe/p pstyle type="text/css" @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman Bold"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } /style/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" emEditors Note: As a grassroots, non-profit, Bay Area, arts, media and education organization led by poor and indigenous youth, adults and elders, POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE is extremely concerned about the security of our indigenous ancestors at Glen Cove, Sogorea Te and we stand in solidarity with the occupation by indigenous peoples at Glen Cove and will offer media and resources until there is a peaceful conclusion that secures the safety of the sacred shellmound. /em/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" emThe Following are a series of letters, words and poetry for the Greater Vallejo Recreational District (GVRD) and the Mayor of Vallejo created by youth and adult media students in the Revolutionary Youth Media Education Program (RYME) and PeopleSkool at POOR Magazine/em../p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Taiyana, Youth Scholar, Aged 14/b/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear GVRD,/p p class="MsoNormal" I donrsquo;t feel you are making the right decision,/p p class="MsoNormal" tearing precious land from the Ohlone people. You/p p class="MsoNormal" wouldnrsquo;t tear the burial ground of soldiers and war/p p class="MsoNormal" veterans so why tear and dig up history that is as/p p class="MsoNormal" important as the resting place of soldiers. Fight the power!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Taiyana Jahnel/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" 14 years old/p p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Stacey Langley Watts, Disability Indigenous Scholar/b/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear Corporate (most likely) White Folks at the GVRD,/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Halito.spannbsp; /spanMy name is Stacey Langley-Watts and I am a Choctaw Indian.spannbsp; /spanMy people are originally from Mississippi but were removed from their homes during the Trail of Tears.spannbsp; /spanI moved from Texas to California for the summer, and in the Native tradition, when you come to someone#39;s house as a guest, you protect the house.spannbsp; /spanThis is my house for the time being, and I want to support my Ohlone brothers and sisters in their fight to keep their land from being turned into a park./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Our ancestors are very important to us as Native people.spannbsp; /spanWe want the city of Vallejo to stop their plan to build a park on this land, because it#39;s where our people are.spannbsp; /spanA cemetery is not a place to party.spannbsp; /spanIt#39;s a place to pay respect to the elders.spannbsp; /spanThe City of Vallejo doesn#39;t care one way or another about history. spannbsp;/spanAll they care about is money.spannbsp; /spanOnly 10 0r 15 shell mounds remain in the Bay Area, and we need to save them from becoming malls or places for rich white folks to shop at Victoria#39;s Secret or eat at yuppie restaurants.spannbsp; /spanThe land is beautiful and sacred just as it is.spannbsp; /spanYour corporate interests don#39;t need to change the shape of the land./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" We are going to fight this big money with our voices and our presence.spannbsp; /spanIndian people are strong people and you can#39;t keep us down./p p class="MsoNormal" Sincerely,/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" Stacey Langley-Watts/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Aminah Jalal, Youth Scholar, Aged 10/b/p p class="MsoNormal" bnbsp;/b/p p class="MsoNormal" I donrsquo;t think it is nice/p p class="MsoNormal" I donrsquo;t think it is right/p p class="MsoNormal" I donrsquo;t think you want/p p class="MsoNormal" To see the bodies/p p class="MsoNormal" You will probably/p p class="MsoNormal" Get a fright/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanAminah Jalal/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanAge:10/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom ldquo;Treerdquo;, Youth and Poverty Scholar, Aged 20/b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear GVRD,/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanGod sent an idea to someone special. The idea was to protect the deceased. Before they were called burial grounds, they were called shell mounts as where the Ohlone people protected their ancestors. Now today we want to keep Glen Cove sacred burial grounds alive, for the colonial people. All we ask for is respect, peace, and that our land may be protected./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanSincerely, Tree Davis, age 20/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Yarsquo;mil, Youth Scholar, Aged 12/b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear GVRD,/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" My name is Yarsquo;mil and I am 12 years old./p p class="MsoNormal" Why do you want to bulldoze the ancient Ohlone Indian burial/p p class="MsoNormal" Ground? How would you like it if we bulldozed your ancestors/p p class="MsoNormal" burial ground? If you had a heart you wouldnrsquo;t do this, let me/p p class="MsoNormal" know if you change your mind./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" `sincerely/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" ~YamiL/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Michael, Incarceration and Poverty Scholar/b/p p class="MsoNormal" Grandmother,hellip;.wake up!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Grandfather,hellip;. Shift your old bones!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Your rest is interrupted,/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Your slumber with the ancestors is ended./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Rise from the cool embrace of our cool dark mother./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" WAKE UP!!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" We need your bones to reveal their secrets./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" We need your eternal resting place for a restroom./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" A place for the worldrsquo;s thinnest toilet paper to reside./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" RISE UP!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Make way for the inheritors of the grave!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" There is no longer any place for you here./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" The land you abided in life./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Grandmother!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Grandfather!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" You are being evicted in death, by those who stole your land in life!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" WAKE UP!!/p /div p class="MsoNormal" bnbsp;/b/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Philip, Indigenous Youth Scholar, /b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" To whom it may concern, (at GVRD)/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" My name is Phillip Standing Bear. I am Lakota Sioux from the plains/p p class="MsoNormal" tribes. I am concerned about what you have planned to build over the Glen/p p class="MsoNormal" Cove Burial Grounds. Do you realize that a park and bathroom area is not/p p class="MsoNormal" even across the city but in fact, just around the corner? If you believe that/p p class="MsoNormal" building a little park for the little boys and girls for the neighborhood, when/p p class="MsoNormal" it probably will not be used anyways./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" These grounds are sacred and our own ancestors who built these/p p class="MsoNormal" Shell mounds, would not even walk on those grounds if not to just pray, give/p p class="MsoNormal" thanks, give gifts to loved ones lost. These burial grounds are just like your/p p class="MsoNormal" cemeteries. Many things are the same while you still consider these grounds/p p class="MsoNormal" like they were yours. How many times a year would you go and dig up your/p p class="MsoNormal" grandmother, or your grandfather, for ldquo;examinationrdquo; and ldquo;detailrdquo;?/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Donrsquo;t do this to these people. If only just let us keep our sacred lands./p p class="MsoNormal" That is all that is left for us other than our daily lives. Just give it some/p p class="MsoNormal" consideration, that when you are used to having nothing, that the little things/p p class="MsoNormal" in life matter more to some than others./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Thank you for your consideration,/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" Sincerely, Phillip S.B./p /div p class="MsoNormal" bnbsp;/b/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Liana, Mama and Indigenous Scholar/b/p p class="MsoNormal" bnbsp;/b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Blessings to the living!spannbsp; /spanMy name is liana. I know that the world will never end.spannbsp; /spanMy Grandma said so.spannbsp; /spanShe said itrsquo;s the people!spannbsp; /spanI believe that GVRD should do the right thing/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Respect the land . Do the right thing!/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" bnbsp;/b/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Rashida, Youth Scholar, Aged 12/b/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;/span/p p class="MsoNormal" The government wants that to happen because they know how powerful the Native/p p class="MsoNormal" American people were. So they wanted to know their DNA. They donrsquo;t want the people/p p class="MsoNormal" to know how creole they are. They donrsquo;t want them to know their true history. So They/p p class="MsoNormal" cover it up with stuff that donrsquo;t matter! And they think the people donrsquo;t now about it./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" my name is RASHIDA REED, I am 12 years old./p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Kamaria Shanndoah, Youth Scholar, Aged 14/b/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear GVRD,/p p class="MsoNormal" I donrsquo;t feel that it is fair for you to dig up the burial grounds of the Ohlone people. There are only a handful of shell mounds left, so why get rid of them, or build a park on top of them? Who would want to play on top of a burial ground? If a person wanted to dig up the remains of your ancestors and study them would you like it? I donrsquo;t think so. It is only fair to keep the shell mound there and not dig it up./p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp; /span/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanThank you,/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanKamaria Shanndoah/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Ayat,spannbsp; /spanPoverty Scholar/b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" The ancestors buried one another here/p p class="MsoNormal" Among the empty lots markets and shops/p p class="MsoNormal" Under your parades planned poverty and sneers/p p class="MsoNormal" They lay without peace, grieving non-stop./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Does your laws for the land state;/p p class="MsoNormal" Show no respect, be a disgrace/p p class="MsoNormal" In Glen Cove there is no respect there/p p class="MsoNormal" I thought only devils torture the dead/p div style="border-bottom: 3pt dotted; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" bFrom Ayana Jalal, Youth Scholar, /b/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Ispannbsp; /spandonrsquo;t think its right that you want/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" to make Glen Cove in to a park./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" If you want to make a park or make/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" a mall make it some were else./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span-Ayanaspannbsp; /spanJalal/p div style="border-bottom: 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman bold'"bFrom Youth and Indigenous Scholar Tiburcio, 7 years old/b/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p div style="border-bottom: 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in" Dear G.V.R.D,br / Why would you do this to our people?nbsp; Without them there would be no us.nbsp; You can kill us with nuclear bombs but do not take out the history of Vallejo to make a park.nbsp; I don#39;t know much, but i do know ancestors and they#39;re fragile with people who respect but they don#39;t respect people who don#39;t respect./p p Tiburciobr / nbsp;/p /div p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman bold'"bFrom Tony, Robles, Co-editor and Revolutionary Worker Scholar @ POOR Magazine/b/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p To whom it may concern:br / I am surprised at the actions of the city of Vallejo in regards to the building of a playground and public restroom on an Ohlone burial site.nbsp; I have always felt a spirit of community in Vallejo--a city whose landscape is a story of the history of the land--from the Indigenous Ohlone to the Spanish to the African Americans who migrated from the south to the Filipino Community to Indigenous people from this hemisphere who have migrated here to escape poverty and other circumstances.nbsp; I would think that a city with so rich a community and history would see the historical and cultural importance of the shell mound site to the Ohlone people./p p I was taken by a story i read recently about the Russian consulate replacing gravestones of deceased Russian merchant seaman in a Vallejo cemetery.nbsp; The replacement of the gravestones was done out of respect to the legacy and spirits of the seaman.nbsp; I read that the actions of the consulate created a bureaucratic scenario amongnbsp;Vallejo city leaders,nbsp;underscoring the importance of honoring our ancestors/elders.br / nbsp;br / I urge the city council to honor the Ohlone people leaving the shell mound undisturbed.nbsp; Those in public office may be the representatives of political constituencies, but lets not forget that native people are the spiritual guardians of this land, a land that predates the name Vallejo./p p Sincerely,/p p Tony Roblesbr / Co-Editor POOR Magazine/p p nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" ________________________________________________________/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman bold'"bFrom Tiny Gray-Garcia co-madre, co-editor POOR Magazine/b/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Dear GVRD and Mayor of Vallejo/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Ocama Ocama Ocama Pachamama/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Please listen when we speak/p p class="MsoNormal" We are only trying to reach/p p class="MsoNormal" A part of your soul/p p class="MsoNormal" Not bought and paid for/p p class="MsoNormal" By real estate deals and bank rolls/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Listen when we speak for ancestors who are not able/p p class="MsoNormal" To stand in front of your tall buildings and back-room deals/p p class="MsoNormal" But who spent years working the land you are now trying to steal/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Listen to our pleas before its too late/p p class="MsoNormal" And this all becomes a tragedy caused by the state/p p class="MsoNormal" Listen to your hearts which you also have/p p class="MsoNormal" From your ancestors now laid to rest in other parts of this same land/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Listen, Ocama , Listen to our/your ancestors and everyonesrsquo;s Mama (Mother Earth)..../p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" In prayer until our ancestors are safe/p p class="MsoNormal" Tiny/p