John Trudell wrote and recorded this spoken piece in the early 1980’s after the loss of his wife and children in a suspicious fire.

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From Wikipedia:  “John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes’ takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“After his pregnant wife, three children, and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a suspicious fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career.”