From 7 generations in the pastto 7 generations in the futurewe were, are, and will be here no disease-ridden blanketno lead andno industrial schoolcan make us disappear Not only the bloodbut the resilienceof the ancestorsflows through my mixed-blood veins Passing it onto the next generationsWalking in Taino resilienceand Cherokee strength Decolonizing the mindlanguage is resistanceSgigi