Bicentennial song

I read a book about the Indians today
and I just can't understand
what these people over there
find to celebrate
after 200 years

     weaving their bright carpets
     and killing the buffalo
     always taking care that
     not too many were to go

     a tribe's life was its courage
     with it they'd stand or fall
     if one man's courage failed him
     the blame was felt by all

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     the red man had his arrows
     the white man had his gun
     "these bésterds are féntéstic
      you just pick'em off for fun"

     the Great White Father loved them
     but then he liked to play
     with hearts and minds of people
     he's still at it today

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1976.