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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1998)
ii I t ir"W""f""y"l hi mi nf muiuj m 6 February 26, 1998 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Sahaptin lessons- Sahaptin Language Lesson WANAQTT ASM WALPTAIKASH KU WAASSHAT ' MTAALKWl" SHUQWAT ASM WAASHAT HOW TO DO THE EEL DANCE ' 1: ' ..;-)' j. Shin iwata wiyawat'wila who will be the leader?, , . Cindy iwata Wiywit'wila Cindy will be the leader. Kwatakwamun paitunxiya wanicht chi "Pyush waashat," Chi kuuk iwanisha "Asm Waashat." We don't know when the name of this song changed, the name was,"Serpent Dance", now it is called "Eel Dance. Anakumun kuukilama pawauxuxnxana kuuk paashanxana kaatnamyau, ku pauyawalptaiknxana Pyush waashat walptikash ku papawianaxaunxana ana shin patamanaitsha nainknii kaatnampa. Dcush pakuxana ku haiaumun wiyat'wila itmiyunxana auna inaq'isha, inchi niankni anit ku ti'aaxwma natxanat heya mtaatm. The dance was done when the cooks needed a break. They would enter the long house and sing.the "Asm Waashat Song" and as they danced along they invited whomever from the crowd aroung the longhouse and this would carry on and on, each one picking up whomever, this would go on until the leader would come to forming a circle, and end in saying "heya" three times. Ku kushxi pakuxana anaku panaunaq'ixana saplwit payuum ku nuyasit. Pawalptaiknxana ku pawatiawashaxana, Pyush Waashat. Also the dance was done to end the last night longhouse dancing activities of the root, and huckleberry feast and the new years eel- ebration. ' "'''"' !,':'"?r,f ,,v,f ,v,,,'; 'J ' Auxandichti '. ' All stand up . Papawnpaiti apap ,,j :, Hold hands Aniti kaatnam Asm : ' Make a long Eel ' - - ' Wiyawat'wiU walptaiknk Asm walptaikash. Leader sing , the, Eel song., , Watiawaashati Dance along ' Ii au, niixpamku Yes! You did good NAPLKWI ANCHAXI ASM WAASHAT SAPSIKWAT SECOND LESSON ON ASM WAASHAT Asm Waashat Eel Dance Wiyawat'wila Leader Auxanaichti Stand up Papawnpditi apap Hold hands Twdnasha Wiyawat'wilana Follow the leader Waashasha Dance Niixpamku Good job Shin Who I v pinMkwi SAPSIKWAT ASM WALPTAIKASH KU 'WAASHAT TEACHING THE EEL SONG AND DANCE ASM WALPTAIKASH A'a he na, A'a he na, Ata he;na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na,? g , , , , ,4 A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, ' "' ' , A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A'a he na. v . ." lr, " C' ', , A'a he na, A'a he na ' : , - ' r -. i " , 1 A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na,A'a he na A'a he na. " 'K- . Heyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Heyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! HeyAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! (PAXALKWI Continued) Wiywat'wite walptaiknk leader sing Awiyatwanati wiyawat'wildna Follow along the leader Wiyawalptaikti Sing as you go A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A's he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na, A'a he na A'a he na. Heyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Heyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! HeyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Sahaptin Crossword lJ r I I I I I T I iU , S .Across: 1. Who ' : 3. Dance 4. It's slimey, grey, with a big mouth. Down: 2. You have two and you grab with them. Sahaptin Counting y tPtmnih I Plnpt Tuskaiki Paxal'maal Mtaat C'niit PAXALKWI .,, TANAWITSHA SAPSIKWAT ASM WAASHAT KU WALPTAIKASH , COMMANDS WITH THE TEACHING OF THE EEL DANCE AND SONG f , Ciny iwata wiyawat'wili f Cindy will be the leader AuxanaichU All stand up Papawnpditi apap ' . Hold hands 1 1 ; t I 1 -ujn ' ' , Brush up on your counting skills! dEdy 'Z :uAoa uisy ( "IBqsECM ' "utqs ("I :ssoJ3y :si3Msue sjzznd pjoMssar) t -