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[APPLAUSE]

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That was so beautiful.

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[GREETS AUDIENCE IN
ANISHINAABEMOWIN]

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Hello, my friends.

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Hello, my relatives.

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So great to be here with you.

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Kim Blaeser, [ANISHINAABEMOWIN]

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So I'm Kim Blaeser.

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I'm Anishinaabe from
the White Earth Nation

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of Northwestern Minnesota.

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And I'm Eagle Clan.

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And I want to extend
some gratitude.

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I could spend the whole
night extending gratitude

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to the people in this room.

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I keep seeing new people
as they walked in,

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but particular to
Tyler and the Poetry

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Center for their
graciousness and inviting me

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and being such wonderful hosts.

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To the Amerind Museum for
helping to sponsor this.

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For University of
Arizona Press, Elizabeth

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and her beautiful
conversations as we

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went through the
creation of Ancient Light

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and the whole staff who went
out of their way to make

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the book what I envisioned.

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And I also have other
thank yous to give.

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Maybe they'll come
through my poems.

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But I'm really happy
to be here with you.

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I appreciate you
coming out and trying

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to make this a place that
I'll feel comfortable

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all night long reading to you.

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How's that?

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Is that good?

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Great.