The shawl is very important
For Indigenous women
You can carry a child in a shawl
or make a hamac for the baby
You can also carry
Vegetables
Medicinal herbs
Wood
Flowers or
Earth
You can wrap yourself in a shawl
Protect your head
Warm your shoulders
Decorate your hips |
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You can sleep over or
Under it
You can dance with a shawl
Wipe your tears
Hide a smile
You can
Weave it
Knit it
Sew it
Cover it with many colors or
Make it plain
And if you run fast enough in the wind
It can become wings
Christine Sioui Wawanoloath 1999
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