“Remember the Magic of Being. Return to the Roots of your Belonging to this World.”
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Fàilte chirdeil uile mo fine. Aanii Boozhoo Indinaway Maginidook. Tapadh leibh don Anam Mòr. Chi miigwetch Gitchi Manito.
Keenway goodomay kuchi-knockin-agaywin (I apologize for the spelling - this is how it sounds to my ear).
Is mise Lezley MacDhaibhidh. Tha mi de shliochd Gàidheil air Turtle Island.
Tha sinnsearan Gàidheil m’àthair àn Earra-Ghàidheal ann an Alba agus Aontroim ann an Èirinn agus Shropshire ann an Sasainn.
Tha sinnsearan Gàidheil mo mhàthar air Turtle Island airson 200 bliadhna.
Tha urram agam ort, Tìr de na Michi Saagiig. Aki Gizhawenimin.
Tha gaol agam ort, Tìr de na Michi Saagiig. Aki Manaaji’idiwin.
Buin mi Tìr de na Michi Saagii. Tha mi a’ fite fuaite freumhan Gàidhlig le Tìr de na Michi Saagiig.
Is e on Tìr mo chridhe. Aki ayaa inde’. Biskaabiiyang.
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A warm welcome to all my relations. Thank you to the Great Spirit. Thank you to the Great Mystery.
We are all Treaty people.
I am Lezley Davidson. I am a Gaelic descendant on Turtle Island.
My father’s Gaelic ancestors are from Argyll in Scotland and Antrim in Ireland and Shropshire in England.
My mother’s Gaelic ancestors have been on Turtle Island for 200 years.
I honour the land of the Michi Saagig. I love the land of the Michi Saagiig. I belong to the Land of the Michi Saagiig.
I am braiding Gaelic roots with Michi Saagiig Land.
The land is my heart. I am returning.