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Mvskoke (Creek) Language & Ecology

Changing is Not Vanishing

Excerpts of a poem by Carlos Montezuma, Yavapai, 1866 -1923

"Changing is Not Vanishing" written in 1916

Who says the Indian race is vanishing?

The Indians will not vanish.

The feathers, paint and moccasin will vanish, but the Indians, --never!

The complete poem is available on pages 287-288 in a collection of poems with the same title, Changing is Not Vanishing.