We present this song in gratitude to the elements that give us life, and to all peoples of the world who are working together to unite, honor and uplift our voices, songs and prayers on behalf of our beautiful Mother Earth.

“The Water Song” was composed by Alex Turtle, Diné (Navajo) and Southern Cheyenne, and Chenoa Egawa, Lummi and S’Klallam. It is sung in the Diné language and carries one of our Native teachings about the blessing of the spirit of water through the male and female rains.

In 2018, the National Nordic Museum’s Core Exhibition ‘Nordic Journeys’ selected interviewees of mixed Native American and Scandinavian heritage, and posed the question… ‘Do you identify with multiple cultures? How have these cultures shaped your lived experience?’
This is my section of that interview.