Minnesota: Gwen Westerman
Gwen Westerman is the Poet Laureate of Minnesota, serving since 2021.
Photo: Gregg Anderson Photography
Wikcemna sam Wikcemna
from Article 10 of the Treaty of Fort Laramie, 29 April 1869
From time to time,
year to year, ṫak̇u dena owas
uŋkiksuyaṗi kte
in lieu of all treaties
heretofore made wowaṗi owas
uŋk̇ aġaṗi ded
and the manner
of their delivery, dena sdoduŋyaṗi
k’a uŋk̇ok̇ aḣniġaṗi
in testimony of all
which we receive ṫak̇u owas uŋciŋṗi
uŋyuhaṗi kte
each person, each family,
each lodge tuwe dena owas
wicauŋkiksuyaṗi kte
shall be named,
entitled to be present
waŋna
four years, 12 years,
14 years, 30 years,
ṫokaṫakiya
in no event withdrawn or
discontinued,
ohiŋni
each lodge, each family
settled ṫak̇u dena owas
ecuŋk’uŋṗi kte
permanently.
heuŋ uŋniṗi kte.
Courtesy of Gwen Westerman.
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