Justin Olhipi
2 min readDec 12, 2022

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Thanks for reading.

I read -Stringing Rosaries-, first hand accounts of survivors. Most survivors said all they want is apology and acknowledgment. Some mentioned reparations, and I agree! However, White Calf girl was a child so she didn't think of reparations, just acknowledgement and apology.

When I read -Stringing Rosaries-, the ancestral spirit of White Calf Girl came to me for several nights in a row. She was from the Northern Plains area, about 9 when she died of a lung ailment. She could speak English, but preferred not to. Instead, she showed me pictures, and I made the words from the pictures she showed me. Then she indicated through feelings and sensations whether she approved of the words or if they needed more work. This song was the result. She asked me to make this song and draw the pictures that she showed me and make it into a music video and publish it, so that the world would know. So I recorded the song in a proper studio and I'm working on the pictures. I'm not a trained artist so the pictures look like something a child with a bit of natural talent but no training would make. That's ok; in fact, it's exactly what she wants. Hope to have it out by the end of the year.

Thanks for the encouragement. Your response encourages me to keep at it. Producing this song is hard work, because I'm serving as a spirit-medium and feeling and seeing everything she experienced. Sometimes I have to put it aside for a while -- something she never got to do.

Thanks again for reading and responding. White Calf Girl thanks you also.

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Justin Olhipi
Justin Olhipi

Written by Justin Olhipi

Autistic artist, student of life. Red Letter Panthiest. SJW since the '60's. NB / AFAB. Just visiting this planet. White-passing Creole from New Orleans USA

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