Name: Hesaketv Meset Likes
Duration: P00H02M20S
Description: This is a Muscogee hymn that was sung on the the Trail of Tears.

Hesaketv Meset Likes

by Elisa Harkins

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This is a Muscogee hymn that was sung on the the Trail of Tears.

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Hesaketv Meset Likes (God Our Creator)
Muscogee Hymn

He-sa-ke-tv… Me-set likes
God Lives

Nak O’mvl-kv-ha-hi-cv-tet
He has created all things

Em pen-ka-lit, Me-ku-sa-pis
I pray with fear of respect

Cv Cuk-wvm es A’kv-sa-mis
I glorify him with my mouth

Em V’ha-kv pu-mva-yat
He give us his teaching

Nak hot-cen hah-yet pu ‘mv-tes
He give us what is in writing

Mv-ha-kv Me-hen-wut o’mes
His teachings are the truth

Cv-fe-ken es A’kv-sa-mis
I glorify him with my heart

‘Mo-pu-nv-kv her-kvt o-ces
Em es-tul-ke ‘ma-fv-cke-tvt
Vm mvt-tet os, cen ku-sa-pit
Cem v-ha-kvn v-rak-kue-cis

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performed by Elisa Harkins

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Elisa Harkins Tulsa, Oklahoma

Elisa Harkins is a Native American (Cherokee/Muscogee) composer and artist originally hailing from Miami, Oklahoma. Harkins received her BA from Columbia College Chicago and her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. She has since continued her education at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Harkins is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) tribe. ... more