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( Native American rape song lyrics )
EHAWEE IS GONE
Copyright © 2007 - mickterry.com

1: It took twelve hours- 'til the tribal police arrived,
then three more days- 'til we were graced with the F-BI.
If they'd been sooner, maybe she might be still alive.
But as it stands, Ehawee is gone.

2: In no man's land,- the coyote will wail all night.
Ehawee screamed.- She kicked & put up a desperate fight.
He hit her hard,- this brutal man from the world outside.
But as it stands, Ehawee is gone.

CHORUS:
She is gone from the land of the buffalo,
of the prairie dog and the antelope.
She is gone from the life she had come to know
in her all-too-few short years.

3: The desert moon- saw the things that he did to her.
Agave plants- could not begin to relieve- her hurt.
He tied her down- as her blood soaked the sandy earth.
But as it stands, Ehawee is gone.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
In a legal quagmire, he got away then
as he's done it before, as he'll do it again.
In this legal quagmire, will there be no end
to this worst of a woman's fears?

4: The sheriff says- his jurisdiction is not to blame.
The tribal cops- & their- courts aren't supposed to detain
somebody from- out-side their- own domain.
And on the stand, Ehawee is gone.
CHORUS:

CODA:
We're not talking old-time cowboys and Injuns
or some foreign, primitive place.
What we're talking here are current conditions
where- one in three women is raped.
It took twelve hours- 'til the tribal police arrived ...

Copyright © 2007  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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4-24-07:
Amnesty International cited US Department of Justice
figures that Native American & Alaskan women
are raped 2.5 times the national average,
with perpetrators often unprosecuted.
AI called on all appropriate authorities to take
"concrete steps to decrease sexual violence
& increase services for Indigenous women who are raped".
Ehawee is a Sioux name meaning "Laughing Maiden".
This song is based on a case related over National Public Radio
by the sister of a raped & murdered victim.

Amnesty International Report
Native Women's Association of Canada - Sisters in Spirit Initiative

To other Native American / Indian song lyrics: MORONGO, MORONGO
WHAT DID I DO TO MONTEZUMA?
To other rape song lyrics:   NIGHT OF DYING MOON
To other racial song lyrics:   TOKEN WHITE BOY
To other police song lyrics:   IT'S JUST A JOB
To other crime song lyrics:   FORTY BIBLES
KING'S RANSOM
AMERICAN HACKER
COMEDY OF TERRORS
NOIR & HORNY NIGHT
CAUGHT IN THE DESERT
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
ANOTHER FACE, ANOTHER NAME
TAGGERS HIT OUR HOME TODAY
MAKING THE WORST (OF A BAD SITUATION)
NOT QUITE THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION
I WASN'T MAKING ADVANCES (SENATOR LARRY CRAIG)
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