Looks Like Daylight by Deborah Ellis

Author:Deborah Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Published: 2013-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

I was part of the Freedom Train that went across the country to protest the pipeline. I loved being on the train with all the other people from other First Nations. We were all like one big family and I was kind of devastated when it was over because it was such a good experience. We stopped in communities all along the way — Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg — and met people and had rallies. We finally ended up in Toronto and had a rally there too. I performed — I sing — and I spoke. Someone handed me a megaphone and I just went to it.

I sang a couple of years in a row at the annual Paddle to Swinomish. I can sing “Amazing Grace” in Sliammon, so I sang that one year, and then last year I sang a song that I wrote called “Shallow Waters.” It’s about the pipeline. I wrote it with Aileen de la Cruz, my music teacher. While we were working on it, there was a big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. So we made a CD with the song and Greenpeace sent it out to all the Members of Parliament.

Ta’Kaiya speaking at the rally

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