Mary Okosisa / Mary’s Boy Child

(from Dolores Sand’s Christmas CD, manitowi-kîsikâw)

Fanny Sunchild and her son, Bruce Sunchild – Cree – circa 1940 from the Facebook Group “Native American Indian — Old Photos

Mary okosisa, Jesus, anohc nihtāwikiw

kākikē ka-pimātisinaw wiya ohci Jesus

kayās ēsa Bethlehemihk, omisi kī-itwāniwiw
Mary okosisa, anohc nihtāwikiw

mah, matwē nikamowak okīsikowak
kākikē ka-pimātisinaw wiya ohci Jesus
Mary okosisa, anohc nihtāwikiw

okanawēyicikēwak wāpamēwak acahkwa
pēhtamwak nānitaw ē-nikamok
tāpiskōc wahyaw ohci

mah, matwē nikamowak okīsikowak
kākikē ka-pimātisinaw wiya ohci Jesus