The responsibility that comes with knowledge in an oral tradition is the subject of a talk by Yoeme deer singer Miki Maaso, which we translate and discuss in this essay. How knowledge and responsibility are linked in ethnopoetics is our subject.Note: quotation markes removed from title to ensure alphabetical order. Difference as follows; "Like this it stays in your hands": Collaboration and Ethnopoetics. Issue title; "Native American Oral Traditions: Collaboration and Interpretation.