Here is a poem entitled "Name Giveaway" by Nez Perce tribal
member Phil George about the non-Indian names that white teachers
gave him. It is being used in the Idaho Skylights program putting
poetry and art on school buses.
NAME GIVEAWAY
That teacher gave me a new name ... again.
She never even had feasts or a giveaway!
Still I do not know what "George" means;
And now she calls me "Phillip."
Phil George
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