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Amazing Grace, The Cherokee National Anthem

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u ne la nv i u we tsi
God's Son  ( Our Creator's Son )

i ga gu yv he i
paid for us.

hna quo tso sv wi yu lo se
Now to Heaven He went

i ga gu yv ho nv
after paying for us.

a se no i u ne tsi i
Then He spoke

i yu no du le nv
when He rose.

ta li ne dv tsi lu tsi i
I'll come the second time

u dv ne u ne tsv
He said when He spoke.

e lo ni gv ni li s qua di
All the world will end

ga lu tsv ha i yu
when He returns.

ni ga di da ye di go i
We will all see Him

a ni e lo hi gv
here the world over.

a na da nv ti a ne hv
The righteous who live

do da ya nv hi li
He will come after.

tso sv hna quo ni go hi lv
In heaven now always

do hi wa ne he s di
in peace they will live.

The Cherokee sang this to the tune of Amazing Grace, and it is considered their National Anthem.  Many of them sang it on the Tail Where They Cried.

Click here for a link to a map of North American Indian Nations.

Click here to see a lexicon of the Cherokee language.

Click here for the official web site of the Eastern Cherokee Nation in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Click here for link to Cherokee Nation in Tahlequa, Oklahoma.

Link to the United Keettoowah Band of Cherokee, in Oklahoma

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