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Speaking of moons, my
father, when I went to go

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visit him one time, he
was talking about the moon

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and what it meant, and
it was apparent the way

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he was talking about
the moon, and what

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I had experienced a few
days earlier in the Midwest

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and outside my home.

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And so there's these two
perspectives about the moon.

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This was during an eclipse,
and it's called "When The Moon

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Died."

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Peter MacDonald, former
President of the Diné nation,

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was convicted of various
illegal activities

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and is now serving
a prison sentence.

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He's out now.

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"When the moon died

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We watched in silent awe

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The closing of her light
above the treetops.

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My father's voice
comes back to me:

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It's a bad sign for us
when it happens at night.

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It hasn't rained here,

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And we look eastward
at the thirsty earth,

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The sun bearing down on
the cracks in the ground.

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We must not be living right.

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The neighbor brought out a
camera and aimed it at the moon.

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Minutes later, only a
blurred image emerged.

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If it happens during the day,

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It's bad for the white people.

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Years ago, the flu
killed a lot of them.

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It was bad.

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I returned to the typewriter
while the moon hid herself

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As if in shame.

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They say you're not
supposed to do anything:

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Don't go to bed, don't eat.

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Pregnant women shouldn't see it.

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Three people shot
because of MacDonald.

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We're not living right.

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When the moon died,

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She reminded us of the
earth ripping apart:

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Violent tremors, greasy oceans,

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The panic of steel winds,
whipping shorelines

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and thirsty fields.

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Grandfather trees
pulled for profit.

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The earth is angry
at the people.

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We're not living right."

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[APPLAUSE]

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