Fàilte chirdeil uile mo fine. Aanii Boozhoo Indinaway Maginidook. Tapadh leibh don Anam Mòr. Chi miigwetch Gitchi Manitou.

Keenway goodomay kuchi-knockin-agaywin (I apologize for the spelling - this is how it sounds to my ear).

Is mise Lezley MacDhaibhidh. Is mise shliochd nam Gàidheil air Turtle Island.

Tha sinnsearan Gàidheil m’àthair àn Earra-Ghàidheal ann an Alba agus Aontroim ann an Èirinn agus Shropshire ann an Sasainn.

Tha sinnsearan Gàidheil mo mhàthar air Turtle Island airson 250 bliadhna.

Tha urram agam ort, Thìr nam Michi Saagiig. Aki Gizhawenimin.

Tha gaol agam ort, Thìr nam Michi Saagiig. Aki Manaaji’idiwin.

Buinidh mi do Thìr nam Michi Saagii. Tha mi a’ fite fuaite freumhan Gàidhlig le Thìr nam Michi Saagiig.

Is e on Thìr mo chridhe. Tha mi a’ tilleadh do Freumhan agus Tìr. Aki ayaa inde’. Aki Biskaabiiyang.

A warm welcome to all my relations. Thank you to the Great Spirit. Thank you to the Great Mystery.

We are all Treaty people.

I am Lezley Davidson. I am a Gaelic descendant on Turtle Island.

My father’s Gaelic ancestors are from Argyll in Scotland and Antrim in Ireland and Shropshire in England.

My mother’s Gaelic ancestors have been on Turtle Island for 250 years.

I honour the land of the Michi Saagig. I love the land of the Michi Saagiig. I belong to the Land of the Michi Saagiig.

I am braiding Gaelic roots with Michi Saagiig Land.

The land is my heart. I am returning.