Rez Girl

Rez Girl

By Deziree E Joe-Shorty

She can give you the world

When she’s only traveled her reservation.

She finds home in every song,

Surviving off her land and preservations.

Fearless to speak her once forbidden language,

To dirty her moccasin.

Stronger than the years of forced colonization.

Silver, silk, and shándíín,

Wrapped in love, designed by those she loves,

Always her and her prayers,

All she needs is gohwééh & tádídíín.

Rez girl, your roots are medicine,

Burn it, drink it,

Smooth it over your honey skin.

Repair, let it in.

shándíín - sunlight

gohwééh - coffee

tádídíín - corn pollen