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Where are the seal harpooners?
the salmon netters?
the shellfish takers?
Gone —
murdered on sandy shores.
Where are the face painters?
the skin painters?
the house painters?
Gone —
murdered under pine trees.
Where are the hut builders?
the basket weavers?
the canoe carvers?
Gone —
murdered beside large rocks.
Mohawk, Shinnecock, Seneca,
remember them,
speak of them:
the old people —
fallen —
murdered on sandy shores.
Cree, Klingit, Kiowa,
remember them,
speak of them:
the newly weds —
fallen —
murdered under pine trees.
Hopi, Cheyenne, Crow,
remember them,
speak of them:
the babies —
fallen —
murdered beside large rocks.
