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I, once sang the Salmon,
Gave you my voice
To send signals echoing
Above mountain tops
Down to rivers and valleys
As only you can do
With your wisdom—
Your knowledge—
Your creativity—
Your human heart—
A voice with no other recourse
But to do the right thing.
It is time to return
My voice to me.
Frances Kakugawa, who currently resides in Sacramento, was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii in Kapoho, which was demolished by lava when she was 18 years old. She has taught for many years in the Michigan and Hawaii public school systems; conducted language arts workshops for teachers in Micronesia and in Hawaii; and was a curriculum writer and lecturer for the University of Hawaii.
The Center's campus is a workspace for Chicago-based staff, a retreat center for the Center's gatherings of thought-leaders, a laboratory in which to practice land-relationship ideas shared by Center contributors, and (one day soon) a welcoming space for periodic public events.
