Demonstrating a traditional Passamaquoddy dance in this photo from 1921 are Chief Horace Nicholas (far left), Joseph Nicholas (center), and Joseph Neptune (right). Source: St. Croix Historical Society.
Because we are stars. Because we sing.
Because we sing with light.
Because we are birds that give birth to flames.
Because we spread our wings all over the sky.
Our light is our voice.
We are cutting the path for the soul
on its way to death.
Because the three of us in the tribe are hunters.
These three love bears.
Because it was never time
in which these three did not hunt.
Because we look at the hills with contempt.
This song is a star song.
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The Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati or Pestomuhkati in the Passamaquoddy language) are an American Indian/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America, primarily in Maine, United States, and New Brunswick, Canada.
