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The title of the concert overture The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (1867) by Hamish MacCunn is also taken from Canto 6 (stanza 2). Lord Peter Wimsey refers to the goblin page in Canto 6 ('The elvish page fell to the ground, And, shuddering, mutter’d, “Found! found! found!”') in Chapter III of Dorothy L.Sayers's Clouds of Witness (1926).
The patriotic song "Yɛn Ara Asaase Ni" was written by Ephraim Amu and sung In the Ewe language.It was later translated into Twi and then English. [1] The title version translates into English as "This Is Our Own Native Land"; it evokes a message of nationalism, and each generation doing their best to build on the works of the previous generation.
Two of his songs, "Ain't I Right" and "My Own Native Land" written in the 1960s later became popular songs during the conservative resurgence in the 1980s. [28] The lyrics of "Ain't I Right" describe anti-war protesters as fifth columnists and communists. [ 29 ]
A recent challenge faced by Native Americans regarding land and natural resource sovereignty has been posed by the modern real estate market. While Native Nations have made substantial progress in land and resource sovereignty, such authority is limited to land classified as 'Native American owned.'
Philippines, My Philippines. Text by Prescott Ford Jernegan I love my own, my native land, Philippines, my Philippines, To thee I give my heart and hand, Philippines, my Philippines. The trees that crown thy mountains grand, The seas that beat upon thy strand, Awake my heart to thy command, Philippines, my Philippines.
"This Land Is Your Land" is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of the United States' most famous folk songs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire".
Indian country is any of the many self-governing Native American/American Indian communities throughout the United States. As a legal category, it includes "all land within the limits of any Indian reservation ", "all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States", and "all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which ...
There was also a substantial decrease in the amount of land owned by Native Americans. In 1887 the Indians had held 138 million acres (560,000 km 2). By 1934, the amount of land held by Indians had dropped to 48 million acres (190,000 km 2), and of that over 20 million acres (81,000 km 2) was desert. [10]