WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.148 align:middle line:90% 00:00:05.148 --> 00:00:07.310 align:middle line:90% Thank you, Liz. 00:00:07.310 --> 00:00:13.840 align:middle line:90% 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:15.850 align:middle line:90% [SPEAKING O'ODHAM] 00:00:15.850 --> 00:01:23.770 align:middle line:90% 00:01:23.770 --> 00:01:28.150 align:middle line:84% So thank you very much for coming to our series. 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:31.510 align:middle line:84% Of course, my appreciation to all of you who 00:01:31.510 --> 00:01:36.640 align:middle line:84% have been coming to all of our reading so far. 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:41.540 align:middle line:84% And hopefully, you will join us for the rest of them. 00:01:41.540 --> 00:01:45.550 align:middle line:84% So this evening, I think I'm going 00:01:45.550 --> 00:01:50.620 align:middle line:84% to read a little bit from the three books that I bought. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:55.210 align:middle line:84% And then as a special treat, you will 00:01:55.210 --> 00:01:59.570 align:middle line:84% be the first to hear some new work. 00:01:59.570 --> 00:02:04.330 align:middle line:84% So I'm excited about that myself. 00:02:04.330 --> 00:02:11.080 align:middle line:84% As the topic of our seminar is water, and Indian communities, 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:16.030 align:middle line:84% and of course, water as a political entity 00:02:16.030 --> 00:02:20.380 align:middle line:90% and also as a poetic one. 00:02:20.380 --> 00:02:25.150 align:middle line:84% I think my work offers much to that topic. 00:02:25.150 --> 00:02:29.830 align:middle line:84% And this afternoon's discussion in the seminar 00:02:29.830 --> 00:02:34.270 align:middle line:84% pulled some of those things forward by the students 00:02:34.270 --> 00:02:43.690 align:middle line:84% who read the work and had some great questions and insights. 00:02:43.690 --> 00:02:51.610 align:middle line:84% So I think I've chosen pieces that always references 00:02:51.610 --> 00:02:55.600 align:middle line:90% water one way or another. 00:02:55.600 --> 00:03:00.130 align:middle line:84% When Larry first approached me about doing this seminar 00:03:00.130 --> 00:03:05.500 align:middle line:84% about water, my first thought was rain 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:07.690 align:middle line:90% as a first source of water. 00:03:07.690 --> 00:03:15.760 align:middle line:84% And much of my work, of course, deals 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:17.780 align:middle line:90% with that particular topic. 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:20.620 align:middle line:84% So I will start with the piece that 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:24.985 align:middle line:90% is about rain for the O'odham. 00:03:24.985 --> 00:03:32.500 align:middle line:90% 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.940 align:middle line:90% "O'odham Dances." 00:03:35.940 --> 00:03:42.380 align:middle line:90% E-atkǐ ‘ep ‘ai mat o ‘e-keihi g O’odham o ‘e-keihi kut hab masma ab o ‘i ha-miabǐ g ju:kǐ 00:03:42.940 --> 00:03:45.380 align:middle line:90% ‘apt ge cuhug oidk o ka:d mat hab o kaijjid: 00:03:45.380 --> 00:03:47.580 align:middle line:90% “‘oig ‘o, ‘oig ‘o ‘at hahawa o ma:si 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:51.580 align:middle line:90% ‘oig ‘o, ‘oig ‘o am o aṣkia wi’is g ñeñe’i 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.580 align:middle line:90% ‘oig ‘o, ‘oig ‘o ‘at hahawa o ‘i-ceṣ g taṣ 00:03:54.580 --> 00:04:01.580 align:middle line:90% ‘oig ‘o, ‘oig ‘o am o aṣkia wi’is g s-cuhug ‘oig ‘o, ‘oig ‘o.” 00:04:01.730 --> 00:04:03.100 align:middle line:90% It's time for the ritual. 00:04:03.100 --> 00:04:05.950 align:middle line:84% To dance, to sing so that rain may come, 00:04:05.950 --> 00:04:09.010 align:middle line:84% so that the Earth may be fixed one more time. 00:04:09.010 --> 00:04:11.320 align:middle line:84% Throughout the night, a night too short 00:04:11.320 --> 00:04:15.190 align:middle line:84% for such important work, the people's energies converge. 00:04:15.190 --> 00:04:17.560 align:middle line:90% They call upon the night. 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.200 align:middle line:84% They call upon the stars in the darkness. 00:04:20.200 --> 00:04:22.420 align:middle line:90% They call upon the hot breezes. 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:25.090 align:middle line:84% They call upon the heat coming off the Earth. 00:04:25.090 --> 00:04:27.280 align:middle line:90% They implore all animals. 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:29.410 align:middle line:90% The ones that fly in the sky. 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:31.450 align:middle line:84% The ones that crawl upon the Earth. 00:04:31.450 --> 00:04:32.980 align:middle line:90% The ones that walk. 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:36.370 align:middle line:84% The ones that swim in the water and the ones that move 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:39.460 align:middle line:84% in between water, sky, and Earth. 00:04:39.460 --> 00:04:42.070 align:middle line:84% They employ them to focus on the moisture. 00:04:42.070 --> 00:04:43.750 align:middle line:90% All are dependent. 00:04:43.750 --> 00:04:46.600 align:middle line:84% From the dark dryness of the desert, on that one 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.480 align:middle line:84% night the call of the people is heard. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.570 align:middle line:84% It is heard by the oceans, winds, and clouds. 00:04:52.570 --> 00:04:55.570 align:middle line:90% All respond sympathetically. 00:04:55.570 --> 00:04:58.540 align:middle line:84% Throughout the night, you hear the one who is assigned 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:03.140 align:middle line:84% yelling: "'oig 'o, 'oig 'o before it becomes light. 00:05:03.140 --> 00:05:07.540 align:middle line:84% 'oig 'o, 'oig 'o there are still songs to be sung. 00:05:07.540 --> 00:05:11.110 align:middle line:84% 'oig 'o, 'oig 'o before the sun comes up. 00:05:11.110 --> 00:05:15.760 align:middle line:84% 'oig 'o, 'oig 'o there is still a little bit of night left." 00:05:15.760 --> 00:05:18.220 align:middle line:84% With the dawn we face the sunrise. 00:05:18.220 --> 00:05:20.920 align:middle line:84% We face it with all our humility. 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:22.540 align:middle line:90% We are mere beings. 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:26.380 align:middle line:84% All we can do is extend our hands to the first light. 00:05:26.380 --> 00:05:29.170 align:middle line:84% In our hands we capture the first light. 00:05:29.170 --> 00:05:31.360 align:middle line:84% We take it and cleanse ourselves. 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:32.860 align:middle line:90% We touch our eyes with it. 00:05:32.860 --> 00:05:34.840 align:middle line:90% We touch our face with it. 00:05:34.840 --> 00:05:36.760 align:middle line:90% We touch our hair. 00:05:36.760 --> 00:05:38.500 align:middle line:90% We touch our limbs. 00:05:38.500 --> 00:05:40.810 align:middle line:84% We rub our hands together, we want 00:05:40.810 --> 00:05:43.180 align:middle line:90% to keep this light with us. 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:45.910 align:middle line:90% We are complete with this light. 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:51.530 align:middle line:84% This is the way we begin and end things. 00:05:51.530 --> 00:05:57.500 align:middle line:84% So, that, to me, is what water is about. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:58.000 align:middle line:90%