| «For thousands of years the world has known | 
| Countless peoples living in many different ways | 
| With their own language, art, and songs | 
| Respecting the bounty of nature» | 
| Huron Cree Ojibway Yanomami | 
| Kaiapo Penan Nisga’s Lakota | 
| First peoples of this world | 
| First of all our voices heard | 
| Mother father ancient kin | 
| Spirit names of countless tribes | 
| Carve and paint, chant and drum | 
| Gift and glory of an olden time | 
| Weave and spin tales of a new day come | 
| Hand in hand, walking free | 
| Children of the land and sea | 
| Dreams and visions dancing in the wind | 
| Iroquois Carib Navaho Inuit Saami | 
| Miskito Dene Kelabit Haida | 
| «And today, First Peoples enrich the Earth family | 
| Share the wisdom of ages for future generations | 
| And remind us to protect our sources of | 
| Beauty, health, and wonder» | 
| Father Sky, Mother Earth, all of our relations' birth | 
| Eagle bear turtle whale, moving in creation’s tale | 
| First Peoples of this world, the test of time endured | 
| Brothers, Sisters in the sun, circle life in a spiral run | 
| Carve and paint, chant and drum | 
| Gift and glory of an olden time | 
| Weave and spin tales of a new day come | 
| Hand in hand, walking free | 
| Children of the land and sea | 
| Dreams and visions dancing in the wind | 
| Gitk’san Ainu Fulani Arawak Arapaho | 
| Maya Maori Huichol Oromo | 
| Shoshone Hopi Innu Embera Quechua | 
| Lubicon Salish Dandami Munda Gurindji Kalinga |