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Wikcemna yamni sanm saglogan kin, kiksuyapo!

With feelings consumed by the poison of hate
Ramsey's soldiers killed the 38
The land of our own was the settler's power
While Dakota's died at the whim of a coward
Seen as useless now by Lincoln's people
How'd you honor our treaties if we were never equals?!

So now you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth
Big city builder the Dakota's doom.
Keep them in that cellar
To please the masses
Silencing our people
Until all time passes

Corporate products and tools of the trade
Put our earth on her last leg
Our mother was life but now she's a plaque
With generations of victims etched on her back
Past names of our people now fading fast
From being put in a book to be shelved and passed

So you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth
Big city builder the Dakota's doom
Keep them in that cellar
To please the masses
Silencing our people until all time passes

Destroy our culture? Did you think you could take it?
The cycle of violence kills those who make it
"Let them eat grass" aren't they a part of nature?
Now two steps sideways from a lustful creature
You're tricky with the games that you make to ensnare us
But the lessons of our 38 arm and prepare us

To take back what's ours!
To take back what's ours.
To take back what's ours!
Let's take back what's ours!

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from Stories From the Fire, released June 30, 2023

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Pretendians Band Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pretendians Band is a Native American rock band based out of Minneapolis, MN. Despite the name of our band, they're not pretending . The majority of the band represent the Oceti Ŝakowiŋ (7 Council Fires) of the Dakhota/Lakhota Nation, hailing from Standing Rock, Rosebud, and Crow Creek tribes. Most songs reflect a societal and political viewpoint, told from a modern Indigenous perspective. ... more

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