Hydropowerless
Album: It is Only a Machine
By: Pinki Tuscaderro
By: Pinki Tuscaderro
Duration
2:36
Description
In the early 1940's the US claimed Spokane Indian Reservation land to build the Grand Coulee Dam. It has refused to uphold its agreement to compensate the Spokane Tribe for our losses, and 25 years ago, Midnite Mine, a Uranium mine approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to a private interest, was abandoned on the Res. The company left leaving pools of open radioactive waste that has been poisoning the land ever since. Please support American Indian rights
Lyrics
Above my tipi, Crow sits. Dark clouds of Congress Fill with Dept. of Interior shadows, killed bills and several Generations of Spokane, Children of the Sun. I gather Moonbeams for supper, Mixing enriched water from Ancient uranium lagoons, Add a dash and sprinkle of Radioactive, not retroactive Environmental protection vagrancy I spoon lard laden drops of dough Into heart attacks that swim and sizzle into fry bread promises and cardiac arrest warrants I raise my glass jar of Diabetic dam grand Coulee-aid, Under the influence of historical trauma and Reservation assisted genocide. Amidst burning sweet grass, I toast to Flooded dreams, hydro power, Unpaid power bills, Pacific Power and The powerlessness of compensation committees Final disconnect notices, Generally, electric and Municipalized ill legalized Monopoly. I drink to my ancestors, smoke in song and Pray Salmon some day grows feet and Climbs up the vast fishy ladders Crashes over the concrete dams and Falls the lake into stream and sea, Freeing the blood of river, water, From concrete blocked arteries. Shine over Midnite. Radiate irrigated skies. Coyote listens, dancing By the light of the moon and Glow of lagoon His eyes flicker, fluorescing, Unnaturally green. It is time to eat dust From Federal Trust To Indian Trustee Praise be to sovereignty
