But the last poem I have is--
I also get emotional with this one.
So like I said, we are Hia-Ced O'odham.
I'm Hia-Ced O'odham.
Those of us that come from the west end of the Tohono O'odham
Nation, a lot of us are Hia-Ced O'odham and from the Ajo area,
we are aware of every mountain and the water and the land
and even the places of wood.
Our elders, they can say-- they can speak to-- you know,
it might just be a piece of debris,
it might be a stack of wood, it could be anything in that area
but our ancestors are there.
And our elders can tell us what it is.
And I call this one What Remains.
What Remains,
Amjeḍ 'o 'am wi'is.
Sorry.
This is what remains.
Id 'o 'am wi'is Ki:, Do'ag, kc
Huk wi'isdag g Ki:, Do'ag, kc Huk,'am 'e-wuiyok mat hejel 'am o
wi'is taṣ hudñig we:m Taṣ 'i-ceṣ k g cecwagĭ 'i-wamig we:s g
'i:bhe mo 'e-hekaj Id 'o 'am wi'is Am wi'is g cipkana kc
cegĭtoidag mat 'am 'e-na:to nonhoikaj mo 'ab ku'inogs we:m g hia
Id 'o 'am wi'is.
This is what remains.
This is what remains of our past with no presence of people.
Id 'o 'am wi'is 'ab hekĭhu 'amjeḍ mo pi 'amhu ha-hemajkam
Where you see home, mountain and wood.
Mapt hekid o ñeidad g Ki:, Do'ag, kc Huk
Know that these are our hidden dreams.
S-ma:ckad mo hegam wuḍ 'e-e'estodag taccui
Pegi k o s-e-ñeñeidad, mo 'i-ha-we:mt, kc 'an o si ñeidad cem hekid hia we:m
Because our dreams have been taken.
Invaded and divided like particles.
Natpi g taccui 'am 'e-bei, 'am 'e-ma'iṣ, kc
'am 'i-e-gawulka masma mo g hia
But some dreams stay alive in the realms beyond an hourglass.
Haba ha'i g taccuidag 'apṣ kia dua 'an we:sko gamhu si
'i-ba'ic g 'o:la ko:ba
Time has been lost.
Taṣ 'at hephu hi
Yet, home, mountain and wood remain.
Waiting for the return of lost particles.
K 'eḍa g Ki:, Do'ag, kc Huk 'am wi'is, ñenḍa mat 'u:pam o dada g hia
Sunsets and sunrises remain beyond for unforeseen forces.
Taṣ hudñig kc Taṣ ceṣañig 'am wi'is 'imhu ba'ic g ha'icu
gewkdag mo pi 'ap 'e-ñeid
Health and hugs waiting for the presence of people.
Apedag kc kokmadag ha-ñenḍa mat 'am o ha'icugkad g hemajkam
With the dreams and the wings of the land.
We:m g taccuidag kc 'a'anaj g jeweḍ
Memories will remain.
Cegĭtoidag 'at 'am o wi:
And so you'll see the photo.
And I chose that photo because you'll
see it has a piece of remains, and it has--
it's called Cuk Do'ag, the mountain behind it.
And that's the mountain I was referring to.
And a lot of the phrases I was making
were in reference to that mountain
and feeling the presence of those elders that
live there and decided to remain there.
And thanks to my mentors and my elders,
I'm able to speak and be here.
And I'm truly grateful for this opportunity.
And thank you.
[APPLAUSE]