"Sacred Songs - Sacred Words"  © 2006

2007 -2008 Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards Nominee

2007-2008 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Nominee

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1.      Dancing Butterfly – The butterfly teaches us about the necessary metamorphosis and changes we go through all during our lives as we continue to evolve as human beings, as one with our Creator and creation.

2.      I Stand Beneath the Pines – We have been given a symbol of the White Pine Tree, representing our Great Law of Peace. This song acknowledges that symbol as we offer thanks to the Great Peacemaker for giving us this law.

3.      Iethinestenha Ohwentsiake - Mother Earth - Our Mother the Earth is very sacred to us and needs to be protected and respected. This song offers her great thanks as she continues to follow her sacred instructions.

4.      My True Love Comes Walking By - This is a little song that I wrote for my partner, Tewutahawiht. Each time I watch her as she walks by, I am thankful she walks with me as her partner.

5.      Prayer for the Four Leggeds – Never in our history have so many of our Four-legged relatives become extinct. This song is a prayer song hoping they may always be there for us and for future generations to take care of and enjoy.

6.      Round Dance Song – She Winks At Me – Each time a young man looks at a beautiful girl that he is interested in, he hopes she will give him a sign that she too is interested. This song is for the “wink” young men look for from that special young lady.

7.      She Looks My Way – This song comes from a saying that traditionally meant a woman was interested in allowing a man to begin to woo her or court her. Today this has changed and too many of our young women have forgotten this and instead do the chasing of the man. I wrote this song for my partner, Tewutahawiht, as a thank you for her “looking my way”.

8.      The Mountains Sing to Me – I come from the Adirondack Mountain area of Upper New York State and nothing speaks to my spirit like the mountains do whenever I get to walk among them and spend time there. This song I wrote for them.

9.      Walking in the Woods – We need to take the time to always remain close to our Mother the Earth and the natural created order. Nothing sets the soul at ease or at peace like a walk in the woods.

10.   We Fly Among the Feathered Ones – Watching the eagles and hawks soar in the skies above my home, inspired me to write this song. These feathered ones can truly lift us to the highest heights as they fly in the skies each day.