powwow notme there were people from all over elders children countrymen and countrywomen i watched them all the haida princesses in black and red the dancers the drums it was a chorus of angels lifting up my heart i still remember the ones who looked like birds with their feather headdresses some reminded me of coyotes the way their eyes moved others were like bears some swam wise like salmon in a stream i felt close to them i felt like an outsider i learned their steps i watched them dance i became a dancer 040426 ... nomme it was a great gathering of nations 040426 ... nom i remember the colours i remember the faces i remember the songs 040426 ... inconnue i didn't know all that much back then about the metis i still don't 040426 what's it to you? who go blather from