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NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
HelloImLucasGoosewithIStatenews.HereisapartofaMeskwakimoodsongbyLuke
Kapayou
MeskwakisongintheMeskwakilanguage.
ThesongofcoursehasmeaningLukegivesanexplanationofthestoryofthesong.
Thissongisaboutlittleoldladiesdaughter.Shewakesupbecauseofmanthatiscourtingher,
playingtheflutefromhiswickiup
LukeKapayouisaMeskwakicommunitymember,atribethatislocatedhereinIowa.This
monthofNovembercelebratesNativeAmericanheritage.WhichwasestablishedbyGeoregeH.
Bushin1990.ThesurroundingtribesthatareclosetoAmesaretheMeskwakisinTamaCounty
andaSiouxTribeinSiouxCity,Iowa.MattBearanIowaStatestudentandaMeskwaki
communitymembergivesaninsightintowhatthismonthislikefortheMeskwakipeopleback
athome.
NativeAmericanheritagemonthoriginates,ofcourseGeorgeBushenactedNativeAmerican
heritagemonthin1990.Throughthisactionithascelebrateeversince.Kindofamonthto
recognizeindigenouspeopleandmaybesomeofthebarriersandobstacles.Alsotocelebrate
theircultureandalsotheformsofproperty.
Mattbeargivesanemphasizethatthismonth,theMeskwakipeoplecelebratetheirculture
throughoutthemonth.
NativeAmericanheritagemonthisapositivething,itsespeciallypositiveforthekids,its
especiallypositivefortheyouth.ComingformbackhomeinTamahomeoftheMeskwaki
Nation.TheycelebrateNativeAmericanheritagemonthbyhavingchildrenoftheMeskwaki
Settlementweartheirbeadedjewelrytoschool,thehavemoccasinday,theyhavebowlcarving
day,aspooncarvingday.TheyhavethesedaysdesignatedtocelebrateNativeAmerican
heritagemonthanditspartoflettingthemidentifythemselvesasbeingNativeAmericanand
AmericanIndian,andcelebratingthatmuchlikeotherethnicgroupshavewithinUnitedStates
Culture.
ThankyouthiswasLucasgoosewithIStateNews;Enjoytheremainderofthesong.
Therestofthesong
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SonofLukeKapayou,JonathanYoungbear.