Wah Jhi Le Yihm By Ulali From Smoke Signals Soundtrack

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Song Title: Wah Jhi Le Yihm
Artists: Ulali and BC Smith
Album: Smoke Signals Sountrack by BC Smith and Forgive Our Fathers Suite by Ulali
I DO NOT OWN OR CLAIM THE MUSIC IN THE VIDEO!

[@ndn1695]

When I was 10, I lived across the street from smoke signals headquarters when they were filming on CDA rez. It was the actors trailers, equipment staff etc. My brother, best friend and I made it our goal that summer to somehow get in the movie. We all made it in as blink and you miss it bit parts, but we made it! I'm 31 now and still have my John Trudall autograph. The KREZ radio house still stands to this day. Dang that was such a fun experience.

[@coltonlebourdais9066]

Wow that’s awesome and you live to tell the tail 🖖🏼🤓 it’s such a good show I was in Vancouver one day and happened to see Adam beach that’s like the main character in the movie I tried to get his auto graph but he was kind of an ass about it so I didn’t bother well there was a lot of people there trying to meet him and stuff so I could understand that..but still he didn’t have to be a dick about it 😂 Thomas is chill thou lol he’s very talkative an out going

[@josephduffenais-be9kh]

​@@coltonlebourdais9066 l0pl Ok lp0

[@tleemf6923]

Love your story❤

[@SoulAbundanceIQ]

That's incredible!!!

[@sallybrown4947]

where was your moment in the film?

[@slidebargirl]

also this is a song for healing and giving back to the water...and letting the water wash and clean and the spirit rise... those are some of the words in the song. Wahjheeleh Yihm...means I carry you...whit moni... So...it means let the water carry you... It's an ancestral song for the dead and the water as the sacred source...where some of us put in the ashes as a return to be free sprirt!! I wrote this song with the help of my cousin Jennifer and Soni. We are Ulali...

[@mnpo8987]

Awesome

[@VeronicaMartinez-kw1qb]

Thank you for this song that has stayed with me through 20s, 30s and as I close out my 40s...to many more

[@susanwilliford4067]

I am living it.......

[@SoulAbundanceIQ]

Thank you, Pura Fe! I got to see you 3 original members play live a few times in my teens and 20s, your music means so much to me, and to so many! 💛

[@petermarshall8515]

Very powerful!! Very healing!

[@florinehoward277]

This song inspired me. I was a native American loser who believed that there's nothing out there for me, but hearing this song told me I am somebody and give it your best. I have and life couldn't be better. THANK YOU ULALI FOR MAKING ME WHO I AM!!!!!🦅🇺🇲

[@kingcerion4503]

How do we forgive our Fathers? Maybe in a dream Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often or forever when we were little? Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage or making us nervous because there never seemed to be any rage there at all. Do we forgive our Fathers for marrying or not marrying our Mothers? For Divorcing or not divorcing our Mothers? And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness? Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning for shutting doors for speaking through walls or never speaking or never being silent? Do we forgive our Fathers in our age or in theirs or their deaths saying it to them or not saying it? If we forgive our Fathers what is left?

[@Foxmax46]

My daughters try to forgive a father who does not acknowledge just the girls, also their children (his grandchildren). I pray they will find peace and also pray for their father who will someday see the heartache our daughters feel. AHO.

[@kendallwoozy]

My father passed away from liver disease. I was never able to properly forgive him as the condition worsened taking his awareness away. This poem helps to cope with that missed opportunity.

[@purafe9069]

We did not write those words. Sherman did. I am glad it helps some people...

[@BrittanyStevePlay]

This movie means so much to me. I re-watch it every year. Forgiving my father was such a long and tortured journey. Victors story resonates with me so strongly.

[@clintonconradoman15]

Likewise

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

Forgiving fathers is hard to do, but essential for healed soul.

[@joshrhiner2133]

I have Cherokee in me it means a lot to me as well bless you

[@PierreDennis]

Same...for a good part of my life, I had a hard time forgiving both my parents. I always resented them out of pure anger for years. Then I decide to forgive. Once I did, I didn't feel like I was carrying any anger anymore. It was a healing journey for sure. Looking back, I couldn't believe I was the way I was. Being that way not only took out of them...but also out of me. Forgiving was the hardest part...but it healed me, my family, and my life.

[@EyeLean5280]

Same here. The last few moments of the film were so powerful, I left the theater shaking and weeping. It was more than a decade later that I eventually forgave my father.

[@venomwise]

The part where victor scatters his fathers ashes in the river from the bridge along with this music is so epic I always cry every time the sad part is I had an abusive father and he passed away and I just know I'm gonna bawl when I scatter my own fathers ashes

[@cj8803]

When those drums first drop though, what a beautiful song!

[@offthegreenpath5533]

D Clark the first cry out grabs my soul

[@midsouthmonsta2912]

Facts

[@christinecallanan3543]

I'ma drummer....a damned good one😇🥁😉🚬

[@christinecallanan3543]

My channel is compromised by an unapologetic piece of shit who obviously doesn't value the sacred.

[@bmorelondon]

Cannot watch this moment in the film without sobbing like a baby! Not at 20 when I first saw it, not when I tried to show it to students at 26 or at 30 or even now nearing 40.

[@brittanyrocket]

"When we forgive our fathers" hits me SO hard.

[@johnsmith7676]

The same. Hits too close to home.

[@tamathasmith14]

I cry like a baby too.

[@emilygrae]

I'm 49. The tears continue.

[@petermarshall8515]

Yeah, I tear up every time I watch the movie!! Touches my ❤!!

[@binphan1756]

This was the first movie I watched when I had came to the US for study. It was so meaningful, and I will never forget it.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

One of the best Movies glad it was your first!

[@ipurley85]

i love this song....powerful, heartfelt, full of Native pride.......my heart swells every time i hear it.

[@petermarshall8515]

Me too! Love the movie!!

[@truthseer9539]

❤

[@truthseer9539]

This song fills my spirit and sends chills right through my bones, brings forth the tears of all of my indigenous ancestors. It's like crying deep in your soul for a place I miss with all my heart that doesn't exist here on earth.

[@Irechikwa72]

Fiiiiiffty Pieces of Fry Bread.........! I love this movie it takes me back to a great time in my life I am Tarascan Indian, and Apache!

[@TimberNightSong]

Hey, Eli Ayala . . . .you use to much flowerrrrrr! And you should kneed your dough some moooore!

[@jrcyberpastor122]

Wah Jhi Le Yihm By Ulali From Smoke Signals Soundtrack is one of the most unforgettable movies centered from an Indian culture of Spiritual depth , comedy and impact. So many talented Indian artists in the making of SMOKE SIGNALS.

[@keylonyazzie4127]

This song is so deep... I can't even put it in words

[@Wahgwast]

Thanks man.

[@Anaris10]

Dine' huh?.

[@treecooper8557]

You just did sir.

[@queenofdramatech]

You know, Adam Beach was truly victor in the movie. He lost his parents when he was young and the movie was his way if working through that. That shot at the falls was not acting but real emotion. That is why he does not get up. He can't.

[@ipurley85]

The great thing about Native songs is that, you dont have to understand the lyrics as long as u feel it in your heart. Im part of the Laguna tribe but i connect with this song as well. :D

[@diamondj1979]

Same. I wish my elders had taught me the Tiwa language, but I still enjoy the songs..

[@jamesmcfarlin4333]

Smoke signals is my all time favorite movie, when anybody, no what color, i make them watch it with me, Thinking about the last scene in the movie, when i watch it alone i burst into tears! A very emotional gripping song. I am part Cherokee, Irish and West Indian. To me this group is the REAL AMERICA! MUSIC! Winston Salem NC (Eastern Band Cherokee territory) Excellent job!

[@ThyGeekGoddessMuze]

The one about North Carolina gets me because we were FROM North Carolina. Via Scotland. Dad's nodding plumes were laid to rest on the wrong side of the pond! We brought the Angus and the Spirits (which $$$ destroyed) and the BBQ! We're in Watergate II now. North Carolina folks never answered letters Dad sent in the 60s, 70s. We grew up in Maryland's Levittown built on our own tobacco field. Somebody's in trouble That wasn't just Native lands, that was Prince George's? We were educated directly from Oxford Standards, but they couldn't quit dummying us down when we already knew who we probably were. The Blackwell's Asylum Arcadians. And the VA is still gaslighting like it's 1972. FFS #STEM ! and of course, Congress is finding out how many ways it's been broken since the last Fake Depression.

[@user-tk4gr9zo7t]

nitôtêm kimistahi~miyonâkosin ᓂᑑᑌᒼ ᑭᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃᒥᔪᓈᑯᓯᐣ ᙮💖🌈🍁🐢🌾 My friend, you’re so beautiful! Lots of love and respect from up here in Saskatchewan!!

[@sadriski]

I remember the first time I watched this movie. I was 1 of maybe 5 NDNs in the theater....it was hilarious because we would start laughing at a part in the movie & no one else got it! So you had about 5 of us spread through out the theater just laughing (& sometimes crying)...they didn't get it. I mean it went right over their heads! 😆 The first time I saw this movie I wasn't ready to forgive my father for what he did...& what he was...now I'm 63 & watched this movie again since that time in the theater. And at the end of the movie when he released his dad on the bridge, I cried again because this time I realized I could forgive my father... I'll be forever grateful to this movie for helping me heal & move on....

[@purafe9069]

That's powerful to hear what you said. ❤

[@ebonylilyofzion177]

Practicing this song put me on beast mode. I grew a new thick strong vocal chord🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣thank you Ulali for kicking butt across Indian country for many many moons. We all love you Ulali and Pura Fe!!!! When the stress is too much, this is the song to get it out. #Keetowah✊🏾✊🏾

[@ksciaa0103]

Will always treasure this movie and the ending with this song and the river will always choke me up. Very strong resonance.

[@slidebargirl]

this song is in the tutelo language...I had it translated by one of our speakers from home in NC. It's an old pigeon dialect...of our old siouan, Iroquois and coastal algonquin people's languages together. all 3 of our big nations have lived together for thousands of years here in what is now the present Virginia and Carolina's. this is a place that many nations migrated out of and went on...traveling north, west and some more south...and all over. an old hub!!

[@msjazz79]

I remember the first time I heard this song at the end of this movie. It still gives me shivers. Just watched the movie again this evening and even singing along with it. Still gives me shivers. Beautiful song

[@rainonariver]

Better than any song on all radio right now!

[@wintera7x7]

rainonariver I love your picture!💕💕

[@cj8803]

I have Black Foot Indian ancestry on my mother's side of my family. It's so cool. The Native American culture KICKS ASS!

[@prezooom4307]

A true anthem Of This Land I'm not even going to use the word America cause I am sure that the people who are native Here Did not christen their own garden home Land such. THIS is what I always thought A Star spangled banner should sound like. This is the sound of something God blessed with SINGING it HIMSELF !!!!

[@centerfold8]

My family is a pile of land mines I’m trying to navigate wish we could get closer

[@gailjohnson8315]

For years I have been looking for the complete Smoke Signals soundtrack. I finally found it. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChrisHebert00]

i'm only 1/16 Native American (My Great-Great Grandmother on my dad's side is the only Native American that was in my family and unfortunately we don't know what tribe she was from) but i'm more proud of that small percentage of me than i am of the other European 15/16 that i am (English, French, German). :)

[@phoebebrammer2679]

Similar story here!

[@sitarajohnston254]

My father used to play this when i was a child. I just had to find it now at 17. it brings tears to my eyes

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Your father is a real one!

[@sitarajohnston254]

@@jonmacdonald5345 he really is. Still the coolest man I know 😎

[@emstarrr2826]

Same!! I miss my dad.

[@peru29]

powerfull song and connecting me with my roots as a peruvian,my parents are denying our heritage exchanging it with cristianity like many peruvians. I watched this movie many times and encouraging always to keep struggling, The milk of Sorrow movie reflect the oppresion in nowadays to native peruvians custom making confusion to young generation.

[@elkeprobst789]

🇵🇪 igual con mi madre. Ella es peruana tmb.

[@mxchelleunbreakable2513]

Takes me back to the good ol days when I learned how to bake cookies my dad bought them all the time so I could bake but he also listened to this song everyday i didnt care for it then but now I'm an adult hope I'm an awesome parent just like my dad was!! ❤❤❤

[@Y0uKnowMyName]

First time i heard this i was hooked. when the women began singing it brought an emmense warmth to my heart. Its a beautiful song!

[@Valjeanne9]

I am African Amrican, only part Chrokee (on my mother & father's side). Yet this movie has always had most powerful impact on me. Much respect to my Red brothers & sisters.

[@martiwassmann1135]

This song brings me peace ✌️💯☮️✊😇💯❤️🦋🐻🦉🐢♀️🆒

[@NikkiJoLuceroWitch]

I LOVE this song ! I love the movie sound track and the movie! Awesome !

[@brotherbrando]

Those smiles :)

[@davidhonkstvorisit4811]

I saw this with my Engish class and I really enjoyed seeing this

[@Phantom_Of_Fury]

Long live the Natives. . . I'm a descendant of Chief Geronimo!!

[@kiasax2]

Amazing music, incredible film that you needn't be Native to enjoy either the film or the music. Also, Sherman Alexie's book, The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, is well worth reading. I can't believe 52 people disliked this song. Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

[@kevinscottbell]

Love this song. I descend from the Tutelo-Saponi people, which is the language this song is written in.

[@BrittanyStevePlay]

I was wondering, thank you!

[@integratedpersonaldefenset1328]

written in the Tutelo language. Means "I carry you with me"

[@MrSteedfast]

Any chance you’d be great enough to share the full lyrical translations here?

[@kevinscottbell]

@@MrSteedfast Ulali, who rote and performed the song say it best and I quote: "also this is a song for healing and giving back to the water...and letting the water wash and clean and the spirit rise... those are some of the words in the song. Wahjheeleh Yihm...means I carry you...whit moni... So...it means let the water carry you... It's an ancestral song for the dead and the water as the sacred source...where some of us put in the ashes as a return to be free sprirt!! I wrote this song with the help of my cousin Jennifer and Soni. We are Ulali..."

[@MrSteedfast]

@@kevinscottbell thank you!

[@coyote2talez]

When I first herd this song as a trailer of Smoke Signals, I begin a internet search. It is truly beautifully done!

[@purafe9069]

Thank you... we were sent the scene and orchestra sound track to create our song on top. We matched it to the screen. It took us all night till the wee morning...lol. it was intense...becausevwe didn't have much time.

[@solatron56k]

My daughter is suquamish and I am of aztec descent I love Ulali they are so beautiful to the ears

[@perkydoo]

Pura Fe.... thank you for all of the music and culture that you share with the world. Your songs and soaring voice is a blessing to us all.

[@eddiepoole6645]

Dat wind kicks up dem vocals across d'bones of all that lived before . . . and tears get quickly sucked into dis parched land . . . . . . .

[@jocstarbunny]

Love this song, very soothing to the soul

[@shawntljames6381]

One of my favorite soundtracks! and my niece, who is 8, has now made this hers and i love it!

[@kuwanhoyta]

I feel the strength, the power and inspiration that ULALI gives through their music. Medicine for the heart and soul. Bless all women of all walks of life.

[@samsonvomkyrbach]

I can hear you. This helps me to break out of daily routine and feel close to the First nations - even I am not a member of them. Just a white woman ;) but with a strong sense for Mother Nature and all spiritual things.

[@YountPower]

Yinz are in good company, Crispin and Shelley. I am quarter blood Seneca, and when I first heard Ulali, I fell in love with their sound. I love their harmonics!

[@toddholjeson4770]

Good movie, good music, so miss Spokane--my home town! Riverfront park! the place i long to be...

[@Penvarien]

The blending of voices is superb. Regardless of language, some songs are simply beautiful. This is one of them. Of course its meaning and purpose adds to it, but it is such that it would would be amazing nonetheless.

[@TheAmerind]

Is there any videos of this song live? I would love to see them perform

[@pipocamops]

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[@TheAmerind]

@@pipocamops that's awesome, thanks

[@nvdaagehya4569]

This is one of my favorite movies!

[@clintonconradoman15]

Beautiful voices

[@naebear939]

I'm not crying you're crying... lol okay I'm crying.. since I was a little girl I've loved ulali..

[@zegh8578]

@sneaky0e "indian" is a term quite commonly used by 'native americans' in both the southern and northern american continent. i am of southern heritage, and "indio" is easily used to describe oneself with pride.

[@mnpo8987]

I like to imagine this song was the first thing I heard as I left the womb. And my first breath was taken at 4:10

[@GardensLadyBug]

I loved this movie and it's rich characters. The music at the end was so beautiful I had to look it up. Thank you for posting.

[@matthewpartaker6479]

Much love from the lil-wat nation . Love this song

[@MelissaTicky]

I hate to say it but.... that man is so fine. BETTER than fine he is really good looking. also great song.... still would not mind him being around me

[@slkh82]

Watched this with my mom when i was a kid. She got me the soundtrack afterwards, and I think I played this song, and one other oooooooooooooover and ooooooooover again, I was 10 or 12 and i was already captivated by such beautiful music

[@billlanganke5632]

I embrace this with my soul, spirit and being

[@hittpitch2]

The drums at 1:00 and following....sooo badass!

[@wisewumman]

Always makes me sob, this scene and this song...

[@chevkoch]

One of the most powerful songs I've heard. Thanks for providing this.

[@CarlaMcCarthyPomegranate96]

I'm in love with this song! No lie! Reminds me of my adopted Navajo Grandmother. Love her lots she's the best. Ahehee for posting this great song!

[@wintera7x7]

Carla McCarthy I'm navajo too & I'm glad to hear that💕

[@milseogracelticceolfuaimea89]

We Love Native Indians - Africa - Ireland they have very strong gorgeous marvelous Sounds/Music

[@Sealace]

Cheers to Ulali!! This was one of my favorite songs in the Smoke Signals movie - very moving; you did a great job.

[@pettyofficerwelch]

This song is just spectacular.

[@blueschase11]

Chills.

[@roberttruittjr7585]

Excellent

[@katrinarounds4056]

I ♡ Ulali

[@gursabbhangu8900]

Katrina Rounds yes

[@Zihnna]

Suena muy bien. Me gusta.

[@marymayer8160]

Listening to this is like a religious experience to me...shakes me to my soul

[@norbertaconcho1830]

I Love their music, it's so soothing n powerful that only a Native would understand!!!!

[@Xianne027]

Erin Threlkeld :-) Yes, the Great Spirit reaches out to us all and inspires us through the Native culture, regardless of the color of skin we have in this life!

[@Xianne027]

Erin Threlkeld That's something to cherish! :-)

[@TimberNightSong]

Erin Threlkeld If you think that, you should figure out from which tribe your ancestry is from. It is good to know. I am part Cherokee, Blackfoot, and Lakota, while my younger brother is also half Ojibwe. We also have Black Irish Gypsy, German, and Welsh in our family as well as English.

[@bmorelondon]

+Norberta Concho I'm not native (that I know of) but Ulali's singing reaches deep down into my soul and tears it out. Maybe I don't understand but I feel like I FEEL more deeply in their company.

[@christophersegur2246]

Stop re colonizing. It is NOT yours. You can listen. You can marvel. You can feel guilty as hell over what goes on now..but you can never claim it. I am white. I live near 3 different tribes. I listen to singing wire. But I will not allow another white jerk to re colonize and pretend they know a damn thing.

[@Indigokitteh]

@Detlockerroom I am also only 1/16. I am part St. Regis Mohawk. Everything else is Canadian and European. As much as I've come to embrace those roots, I find myself most drawn to the Native roots. Whenever I hear the music or the language, I feel as if I'm being called from deep within. I don't know, that's just the way it feels to me.

[@mhadamek157]

ohh... so very good....

[@n2b8er51]

For those of you that think Columbus named natives Indians because he thought he was in India. At that time India was called Cathay and he did not call them Cathayans. He called them Indios. Which means "With god". I much prefer "With God" over being called a native of my conquerors.

[@HawkTribe1]

I, too, am Iroquois-Haudenosaunee (Tonawanda Seneca/Cayuga). The first time I heard Ulali was some years ago. Their voices and songs bridge the years to home.

[@toocompassionate]

Best song I've heard for a long time. I wish I had the soundtrack for the movie, so many nice songs.

[@williamsmisty]

what a moving powerful song for all of us... not just indians the world! Jesus saves and this speaks what his message is!

[@Raven5563]

Thank you.

[@fairymairah]

i L♥VE S♥NG ! ! ! ! !

[@wanagi006]

I am a sioux... decended from a historically great man ( we don't speak the names in our way) and I have to say that I am so pleased that Robbie and Adam have surfaced. they have covered alot of ground.Robbie has a long history musically...with the Band, but he has made native music mainstream.Robbie brought out walaila, he brought out styles that were tradish and ...i dunno..jazzed up to make them contemporary then there is Adam...well dang ain't he as handsome as the day is long .

[@gregoriamoreno5900]

Hello my aunt . this is your niece Gregoria Love the music love yo u and everyone you are singing wit h so insperational to our family. I love you.and thankyou

[@toppdog2000]

I've always loved this song... choked me up the first time I heard it in the movie. I recently chose this song to be my first attempt at transposing a song into midi format. But, it will never hold up to the original :)

[@rikkitabaras]

love this song very powerful

[@assilaasplundh]

I've been listening to this song since the movie. I can hear and feel the pain and love. I hate this song because everytime and I mean EVERYTIME I hear it. It brings a tear to my eye.

[@jmeredith44]

I love this song. Thank you so much. I'm listening to it a lot lately....here in urban Austin.

[@tiniesttown]

an underappreciated movie that is universal -- father son relations, community, mystery. this is beautiful music. makes me cry.

[@debbieaustin-soukkeo5535]

I had the privilege to hear these beautiful ladies sing this song in person at a small womens conference in high school. Truely touches the soul.

[@ebonylilyofzion177]

🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😭😭😭😭😭YES to my native sisters who endure. #Daughters of Zion

[@kandykizzes100]

i luv this song and of course the movie. this was my grandmas favorite travelin song with all the kids singin along. lol thanks for posting this song. god bless all natives. RiP mariane nelson.

[@WhoHAAAAA]

Absolutely beautiful, absolutely engrossing. Also invokes a sense of sorrow for the subjugation of the peoples and culture that gave birth to such spirit, and sorrow that the culture that has gained prominence instead is comparatively soulless.

[@slidebargirl]

If you punch in the Stanford Choir or chorus...mybe Chorul Group...they sing this song and Mahk Jchi so beautifully... I have passed quite a few choral Groups these songs to sing. It gives so much life to hear them sung all over the world...by such beauty. they are the best...this Stanford University Choir. they put their whole body and soul into it. Just watch them...makes me cry...

[@purafe9069]

Thank you for this. They have contacted me and we exchanged the songs and it just blows me away to hear them singing these songs. They do an amazing grace to these songs...

[@Valjeanne9]

@CherokeeBPM Thank you so much!! Your words have touched me. I have so much respect for Native American heritage and history! And you're right, it is what's in your heart and soul... and how you live these things. Perhaps that's why the wolf honored me by becoming my spirit guide. I hope I said that right :). Have a beautiful, blessed evening!

[@musicisbrilliant]

Can someone PLEASE tell me what kind of drums these are??? These big deep ones... What are they called??

[@grannyrocks2]

Very powerful if you just relax and let the music in... It was very powerful in the film Smoke Signals, too,

[@cbhmadog]

Powerful, compassion, healing; Bravo!!

[@vasudev59]

Powerful song, great movie, and book.

[@dawncharlonne3233]

I'm Mohawk/Abenaki and I love this song..It speaks to my heart and my soul!