See, no one scooped me from my home
No one took my hope away
No one sought to civilize me from my people's ancient ways
No one broke my spirit with violence
No one silenced me with fear
Of a coming retribution, should I whisper in someone's ear
No one entrusted me to the underfunded and under qualified
No one threatened my dear parents if they listened when I cried
No one dragged me back to some hell when I made it into town
No one whipped me when I tried to burn that madhouse down
But this is not my story, it is ours
This is not my story but it is ours
[in Plains Cree...]
“Watch the dancers as they dance
Dancers- start dancing”
Little child came and sat beside me in the park
With rainbows on her face and peace in her heart
We listened to the music and we watched the dancers dance
It all started with a vision that broke through one day and left me to question, to ponder, to pray. The medicine man stands silently, his back against a tree – bowing his head, tears of red I can see. Hey hey hey
So many times I've heard myself say that the colonial fathers just left too much grey; but I spoke out of my ignorance and I spoke out of spite – I betrayed how little privilege knows of the wrong side of the rights.
But this is not my story, it is ours.
This is not my story but it is ours.
There are thousands around him all dressed the same with feathers and paint and pride to reclaim. But one by one they join in with the bowing and the tears and then as I watch, one by one disappears. Hey hey hey
The truth of reconciliation kept me up night after night – no longer in the dark and unprotected in the light. There's nothing like some words to paint a picture so true – those of survivors with nothing left to lose.
No one scooped me from my home
No one took my hope away
No one sought to civilize me from my people's ancient ways
No one broke my spirit with violence
No one silenced me with fear of a coming retribution should I whisper in someone's ear.
But the blood on the soil cries out from the ground
And is dried by the same wind that carries away the sound...
This is not my story, it is ours.
This is not my story, it is ours.
This is not my story, it is ours. It is ours.
This is not my story but it is ours.
A little child came and sat beside me in the park with rainbows on her face and peace in her heart; and we listened to the music and we watched the dancers dance and I realized that reconciliation has a chance.
This is all our story.
It is ours.
about
BANDCAMP EXCLUSIVE:
A Bewildernest remix/mashup of It Is Ours and Onimito from the ORANGE EP, originally recorded in November 2018.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS RECORDING go to the SPS Indigenous Ensemble to further the deep and meaningful work they do affording Indigenous youth who want to connect with their cultural roots the opportunity to do so within a rich environment of mentorship, participation and teachings in singing, drumming, dance, regalia and ceremony.
Huge thanks to Donny Speidel and the Ensemble for their ongoing welcome and guidance!
credits
released June 21, 2021
Created on Treaty 6 Territory, with live performance elements captured on Treaty 4 Territory
ORIGINAL SESSIONS (November 2018):
Darryl Dozlaw- voice, guitar,
My Other Brother:
Darrell Paskimin- flute, voice, hand drum
Lancelot Knight- voice, electric guitar
Wyndham Thiessen- cello
Nicholas McCormick- bass guitar
Shane Buhler- drums
Krystle Pederson- voice
Darryl Dozlaw is a Saskatoon (Treaty 6) singer-songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist. He records as Bewildernest (a
collaborative, genre-nonspecific electronic recording context) or simply under his own name for singer/songwriter oriented material. Dozlaw also writes and plays as a member of Oscar's Hollow (Saskatoon based alt-country rock band)....more
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