Rainbow Spirit Dancer

To tell me who I am.

I won’t let insensitive deeds

Cause my dancing spirit to be bound.

My Native American Grandparents

Were independent and free.

The same proud blood, which they had

Still flows inside of me.

Humbly, I listen to my Elders,

Earnestly, I listen to my dreams,

Most of all

Closely, I pay attention,

To the visions that I have seen.

Listen to me completely,

Hear what I say,

Take my words seriously,

This very day,

I don’t need a Tribal Card,

To tell me who I am.

With Indian blood I was born

And with Indian blood

I will return to the ground.

---Ruby Lee Whitehurst