I’m Not Lost

Native AmericanAmerican History*NewProject:Encore ☆Am. Prize Finalist ☆
Written By Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

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Description

Part of the Socially Responsive Works — Native American women are more likely to be abducted, assaulted, and murdered than any other population group, and the perpetrators are rarely charged or convicted. Through the MMIWG (Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls) movement, a light has been cast upon this form of genocide. “I’m Not Lost” includes Native words and phrases from across North America: Abenaki, Odawa/Ojibwe, Lakota, and Navajo/Diné. Each verse cries out for missing mothers, daughters, sisters, and Two Spirit (transgender) loved ones. The performance of “I’m Not Lost” is more than the singing of a song; it is an expression of longing and grief for those whose voices have been silenced.

 
 

Difficulty

Medium

Instrument(s)

Unaccompanied

Copyright Year

2019

Product ID

MB2022-SSAA

Michael Bussewitz-Quarm
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