It is my prayer that the slayers of the “Dana Reserve” native oaks at least allow a ceremony to be performed by the native Chumash and kindred spirits to bid farewell to the 3,000-plus Native Oaks that are to be sacrificed so that nonnatives can now reside on stolen Chumash land.
In sympathy with our native people, I submit a loose translation of a Germanic people’s forest hymn:
Who raised you, oaken forest, with heavenward reaching branches? I will praise the creator, as long as my voice still rings.
The confused world can’t hear the sound of grazing deer, as we sound the alarm of continuing harm that fades away with a thousand tears.
Oh, breeze that flows coolly beneath the green canopy, you faithfully call us to piously pray, “Stay! Oaken forest, stay!”
We silently sigh, oh dear oaken forest, our honest desire is that you remain ’fore us, until our last songs and prayers fade away.
Stephen Siemsen
Lisa Caillas-Siemsen
Orcutt
This article appears in Mar 27 – Apr 6, 2025.
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