REQUIEM FOR WOUNDED KNEE

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1 REQUIEM OR WOUNDED KNEE or Tua Duet, Narrator, ad iao y Elizaeth Raum

2 rogram Notes or Requiem or Wouded Kee y Elizaeth Raum Whe Do Harry approached me aout writig a tua duet or himsel ad oh Griiths, I thought a excellet theme or the piece would e somethig aout the Massacre at Wouded Kee i 1890 as Do is America Native Idia ad was distatly related to participats o the Ghost Dace that led to the disastrous evets I order to prepare or writig this piece, I listeed to the music o the lais Idias Similar music would have ee used or the Ghost Dace, ad livig i Saskatchewa, I was ale to atted ow Wows, or competitios o Native sigig ad dacig Requiem or Wouded Kee is ispired y what I heard The tessitura o the tua leds itsel to the tight throated alsetto trillig that the Natives use or their sigig which is accompaied y the rhythmic eatig o the drum The arratio i Requiem or Wouded Kee tells the story o the plight o the Idia people who had lost everythig to the white settlers ad were acig starvatio The Ghost Dace was a religious movemet that was taught y the rophet, Wovoka, exhortig peace, ut it was misiterpreted y the America govermet as motivatio to uite the Natives to revolt, ad so it was oridde I Decemer, group o Lakota Souix Natives were set to Wouded Kee where they were to e disarmed, ut whe they protested, the soldiers opeed ire o them ad slaughtered more tha 200 me, wome, ad childre This travesty has remaied a appallig ladmark i the history o the Uited States

3 Requiem or Wouded Kee It is Decemer o 1890 Chie Sittig Bull has ee murdered, ad we are i grave dager rom the soldiers We are starvig ad reezig The wome ad childre especially suer Chie Big oot is sick with peumoia, ut he must lead us to ie Ridge We must escape to ie Ridge They have take away our hutig grouds they have take away our tools ad weapos our pride; our hearts; our idetitiesl our souls take, stole, so we o loger exist as a eople But we have oe more weapo Oe More Weapo We have The Ghost Dace! As I dace, the Earth grows distat ad the Sky grows ear The Earth gives stregth to my ody, ad Sky to my Spirit I look to the Sky We were taught the Ghost Dace y the rophet, Wovoka He promised the Dace would rig ack the glory o the past The ualo would retur, ad we would e reuited with our acestors The lad would agai e ruitul ad our greatess, restored But the White Ma eared the Ghost Dace ad declared it oridde But we could ot orsake the Ghost Dace or it was our religio ad our salvatio It kept us rom despair But they eared the passio o the Dace Soo their ear tured ito hatred We were houded y them, our wome attacked ad our me murdered We lee to ie Ridge, to the protectio o Chie Red Cloud But we are itercepted y the Seveth Cavalry ad set to Wouded Kee istead They wat to ight with us They wat to destroy us They sped the ight drikig to uild their courage We are uder a lag o truce, ut they tormet us uceasigly Whe morig comes, they commad us to give up our weapos We are surrouded ad have o protectio They separate the wome ad childre rom the me A youg warrior amed Black Coyote is dea ad does t uderstad what is happeig He reuses to give up his ew rile He struggles He ights with the soldiers, ut he will ot give them his gu It accidetally discharges! The massacre egis! They are so caught up i the loodlust that othig ca stop them ut their ow exhaustio! The ield is littered with dead Me, wome, ad childre, utchered without mercy Over 00 Lakota people died either rom the massacre or rom the lizzard that ollowed The

4 urial o the dead was delayed or three days while sow covered the odies as i to puriy the groud o which they lay ially, the dead, roze i the cotortios o their death throes, were uried The Massacre at Wouded Kee was the last attle o the Idia Wars I lie o this roze ield o death A cry o deiace, my last reath The ways my ather taught to me, The warrior I sought to e, The heritage I ought to see Will ot e lost at Wouded Kee The Earth gives stregth to my ody Ad the Sky to my spirit I look to the Sky

5 Requiem or Wouded Kee Tua 1 Tua 2 Moderato c c q» º Moderato q» º c uerale c cresc Elizaeth Raum 11 A uerale ( ) 1 uerale Elizaeth Raum 200 cresc cresc cresc

6 18 B It is Decemer o Chie Sittig Bull has ee murdered, 29 The wome ad childre especially suer ad we are i grave dager rom the soldiers Chie Big oot is sick with peumoia, We are starvig ad reezig ut he must lead us to ie Ridge

7 We must escape to ie Ridge They have take away our tools ad weapos Our idetities; 44 Our souls; take, They have take away our hudig grouds stole, # But we have oe more weapo - - w w w w # # Our pride; Our hearts; so we o loger exist as a eople Oe moreweapo w

8 We have * the Ghost Dace! iu Mosso iu Mosso q» q» ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Stylized "shake" i imitatio o Native Idia sigig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Stylized "shake" i imitatio o Native Idia sigig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 4 -

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