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Subject: OJIBWA INDIANS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ANISHINAABE PRIDE: 1, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A drum -- %beating like my heart
Last Line: Beating -- my heart %beats love
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: A VISION, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The grandfathers %sat around the sacred fire
Last Line: Whey -- the medicines. I woke up
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: BA WAA JI GE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Nakedness of soul %living as a tribe
Last Line: Symbols to one spiritual world
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: BLOOD LINES, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ancestors of spirit rock
Last Line: This is all we have left
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: CHIWENJI GEWIN, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Into the sparks of everlasting
Last Line: Prayers for all the relatives %the medicine wheel
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: EAGLE FLUFF, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Grandparents teach youth %old dog new tricks
Last Line: Understand where people are at
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: HAWK IS DANCING, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hear the whistling %hear the drum beating love
Last Line: If our singers are murky with use?
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: HEALING, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Back some years ago
Last Line: Change of life cycle
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: NECOMMIS SHARED, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The old way of carrying a dish
Last Line: I was thankful to learn
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: THINGS TO BE PROUD OF, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Proud that you're indian
Last Line: Medicine men and medicine women
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


ANISHINAABE PRIDE: TRUST YOURSELF, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Indian man, %you are a warrior of struggle
Last Line: He's there. %trust yourself
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: 1, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sometime gnawing surges rush
Last Line: To help ease the pain
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: 2, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Morning approaches %already hear the wing clan greeting the new
Last Line: This day I live for the creator %his guidance
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: 3, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The transforming %rain into the snow
Last Line: Gave the heart pounding %thrashing spheres
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: 4, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I think of you
Last Line: Of nations, of generations
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: A VISIT TO GRANDMA MOON, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: One evening mino star and tinker star
Last Line: Hug and kisses and goodnight
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: GRANDMOTHER MOON, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ripples and waves %glistening twinkles of crystals
Last Line: And her master glows %a new cycle
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: HANDLE GENTLY, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like flowers of mother earth
Last Line: And be handled %gently
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: I AM YOU, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am the father, the son, the spirit
Last Line: Now is the beginning, %the rebirth
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: I HEAR YOU, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A voice, with the colors of the rainbow
Last Line: It's sunny. %I hear you
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: IN THE SECOND BEYOND STILLNESS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Look past the gazing anishinaabe people
Last Line: ...In the second %beyond stillness
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: LIFE GIVER MOTHER EARTH, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Spring time is here again
Last Line: And help heal her
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: LONELINESS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Loneliness strengthens %the aching
Last Line: Faith of self wish
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: OF THE CREATION, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like the singer %beating his song
Last Line: Beating his song %on the drum
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: PRECIOUS YOU, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: From the seed of life
Last Line: You are not alone
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: PURIFY, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Purify and ask the great spirit
Last Line: Fragrance of love of all relatives
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: SOUNDS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: ...Like feathers fanning
Last Line: Fluttering in the ceiling
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the flames, fluorescent brightness
Last Line: To leave at his call. %the eagle shrieked!
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: THE CREATOR OF ALL NATIONS PROCLAIMS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Water nourished %sun's growth
Last Line: Fully flourished %sculptured %ultimate given
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: TIME, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The tantalizing, scintillating brush
Last Line: Needing, giving each other time
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


BIG VEIN: WINTER BLANKET, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The wind whispered %and crunching of snow
Last Line: And slowness of peace
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: 1, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The lady of dedication for sobriety of the
Last Line: And her way of recognition for others who she %helped
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: 2, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: You are gone with
Last Line: From man to earth dust
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: 3, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A note to say miigwetch
Last Line: Our great spirit loves you and I do
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: 4, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your blood %the rapid current electrifying
Last Line: An image, invisible I know %the sugar bear
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: AT MY SIDE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A woman of strength
Last Line: Shine in your tree of life
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: BALANCE CALLS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Special feather, warrior, eye of the creator
Last Line: Homeward bound, balance calls
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: DANCE FLIGHT OF LIFE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Biiwaabikoons our professor (reva chapman)
Last Line: Their eagle bones whistle -- life. %waswagoning
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: DATES, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I know why you were sent to me
Last Line: As we canoe on her vein
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: FOR FROG, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: He is four seasons
Last Line: Grandfather's tool, %the eagle whistle
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: FOR MOTHER, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mother, %the rays of sunlight enter and brighten
Last Line: The circle of motherhood is blessed
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: FOR PRIORITY, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Our pathways divide. %there beyond the horizon
Last Line: These prayers bring crystal clear love
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: LITTLE STONE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Little stone, a particle of dust here
Last Line: My little sister there is horizons ahead
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: LOOKING INTO THE SUN, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A little farther down the road
Last Line: Looking into the sun
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: STRENGTH OF FASTING, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ziigwan is here %fasting time to help our mother earth
Last Line: Songs, %prayers, %songs, %prayers
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


DEDICATIONS: TOUGH LOVE BEAR, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Firekeeper potawatomi nation %flowing warmth bringing
Last Line: A torch of wholeness. %all nations
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


OJIBWAY VILLAGE, by JANET LEWIS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Among gray cones %odor of sweet grass %and warm bodies
Last Line: These bodies, so still %in the deluge %of fine air
Alternate Author Name(s): Winters, Janet Lewis; Winters, Yvor, Mrs.
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: 1, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: For I have never left
Last Line: Your love, for the creator
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: 2, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Grandfather sun %shines and we wake up
Last Line: Respect the mother earth
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: COMBAT FRUSTRATION, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Look at the brighter sides of life and
Last Line: Rainbow titillate %shaping and molding
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: GAKINA NIN DEWEMA, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: You are my brothers, sisters
Last Line: To his horizons %of freedom
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: ISHKODE, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ishkode grew up on a reservation
Last Line: Walk the path. %in balance
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: PREPARATION, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sometimes when you get slapped in the
Last Line: The mother earth %our %survival %begins
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: SPIRIT OF GREATNESS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The blanket season ends
Last Line: To happiness %safe %inflight
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


RED ROAD: THOUGHTS, by MILDRED 'TINKER' SCHUMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I wonder why %how I wonder why
Last Line: Blood, bones and all are equal
Subject(s): Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


TO SUSAN WISHCOP, AN OJIBWA BURIED IN THE INDIAN CEMETERY, by NATALIE KENVIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your mouth stings, full of pointy weeds
Last Line: You have the dust of the world %under your nails
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graves; Native Americans; Ojibwa Indians


WAR SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Here on my breast have I bled!
Last Line: I strike for life
Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America


WAR SONG: 1, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "hear my voice, birds of war!"
Last Line: Bear your angers to the place of fighting
Subject(s): Fights;native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians;survival; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America


WAR SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "from the south they came, birds of war"
Last Line: Beyond the enemy's line
Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America