Kikisoblu was buried in a Catholic cemetery under the name of “Princess Angeline” in 1896. Some people see it as the coming together of cultures and the acceptance of progress. I see it as the wily maneuvering of someone who would not be beaten. She is with us whenever we say “no”.
in this beautiful country
in which I’m livin’
there is a story that you’ll find
about a woman named Kikisoblu
and how they called her
Angeline
Angeline, Kikisoblu
she was the eldest daughter
of Chief Seattle
she watched the world disappear
she said “you can build your
town around me
I’m not going anywhere”
Angeline, Kikisoblu
and it was the fine and expensive
wife of Doc Maynard
who defined her into something to be owned
when she said “you’re much too beautiful
for such an ugly name
from on you will be known
as Angeline, not Kikisoblu”
and they made her illegal
and all of her people
and the children threw rocks behind her back
but Kikisoblu had some rocks
of her own
and she threw them back
Angeline, Kikisoblu
landlord, landlord
look over your shoulder
careful who you’re talkin’ to
maybe somebody you stole
somethin’ from
come to take it back from you
Angeline, Kikisoblu
so many thieves, for all that they
have taken, they leave us with a
world full of holes
but we have rocks,
and we have heroes
and we will not do what we are told
Angeline, Kikisoblu
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