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Spilyay Tymoo. Wa.rro Springs, Oregon January 24, 2002 THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON- Sahaptin Language Lesson Anaku Aikws Iwuxma Apapktl'aktl'a How Cottontail Lost His Fingers Anaku iwacha ksks Aikws, iwacha payu qw'shm aswan. Ku chautuyau iwacha paikta. Chi naxshpa Ikw'fpa, anaku Aikws iwaqitshana ptaptana ku wiyatniin iwiyaninwiyanlna wautukawaskni. When Cottontail was small, he was a very naughty boy. He would not do as he was told. One day as Cottontail was looking for clover, he wan dered away from camp. pa'ftamaitsha ku fkwn auku pinauwilain patt'usha. Aikwsmi ku xtwaimamf atau awacha palyawat. aaminwa Kuta kuuk Shashmf walptaikash awapaatana. Ana'ai Aikws chauwiyat icaxlpnxana apap kukuuk nawinata ilat'kkuma ku pataimaiya apapktt'aktt'a Aikwsna. But Porcupine's Thunder song -helped! As Cottontail started to open his hand, the lightning flashed and struck isapk'usixana Cottontail's fingers! Aikws. The stick game is a guessing game. The stick game players played with bones. Two bones are hidden, and then the guesser ' makes a guess. Cottontail and his friends liked stick game. But Cottontail always cheated. x Aikwsmi pusha Spilyatxuin patalaxitknxana, "Chaunam wfyat wfnata wautukashkni." Ku iwacha chaaau paikta Aikws. Ku ayayat kaatnam twin pachaxupaiya kw'alalfn. Kuukata ku Aikws anch'axi ishuwina. Chau niix iwa tq'fwit anamku wata sapk'usita. Kwnfinata chikuuk tkw'iyau awa Aikwsmi chautun apaptkt'aktt'a. So it was, Cottontail learned another lesson. It is not fun to play with people who cheat. That is why, to this day, the Cottontail rabbit doesn't have any fingers. Cottontail's grandfather, Old Coyote, had warned him, "Don't go out of camp. " But Cottontail did not mind. And his beautiful, long tail was bit off by the monster! 1 Ku fshatkni pa'aicha Ms, Tiskai, Shash, ku Aikws kwnfin auku Wfshpush. ishuwina. Kwniin Ku fshat pawacha K'aalas, Wfsqaqa, Aikws, ku Washki. Anakumun Shash itf'unxana Aikwsna, kuta kuuk isapk'usixana ittaimaxana tkma anaku chau pawachixa Shashin Aikwsna. auku itxanana paikta pushapa. Ku axwai awacha laxsimk'a shuwit Aikwsmi. Cottontail learned his lesson from that. From then on he listened to his grand father. But Cotton-z tail still had one more lesson to learn. Porcupine, Skunk, Beaver and Chipmunk sat on one side. And the other side was Raccoon, Robin, Cottontail, and Squirrel. Every time Porcupine would guess, Cottontail would cheatfantfwdutdzwitcfTiHe 'bones' when Po'rcu- ' pine was not looking. 1 Paiute Language Lesson Ku auku Aikwsna panakwinana pwiyak'uktyau Slain Xuxuuxtxuin anakwnci iwa" Nch'f WSna. One day Cottontail's grandmother, Old Raven, took him to a gathering that was beside the Columbia River. s7 Ku Aikws itwanna tkweiinptyau. Kushxi itwancina np'lwityau. Ku km IV ilC t"lZ J -J Why Bear Has a Short Tail Sumu tomo, soo wuda'a tukana hoawi meow. Soo peabe meoo oo netamma. A long time ago, the bears were hunting for something to eat. So the mother bear asked her mate to go fishing. pa'itl'iyawiya yamashna ku xlak pawnpa nusux. Ku walptaikash Shashmf, tl'aaxw kkya tannma kukuuk ilcit'ukwnxama, paka'wfya. Shash itmiyuna, "ciunash dshapashuwita Aikwsna." Ku Shash iwalpteiika palywatash nawilanmf walptaikt anakumun pnmfn iwacha rtamacht Ikma. Anaku iwalptciiknxama pnmin iftr 1 Cottontail went hunting with the hunters. He went fishing with the fishermen. They killed many deer and they caught many salmon. All the animal people had a big feast. Ku kkya tannma palq'iwlya tunxtunx iq'lwit. Wsaliltw&a shp'ciuwit palq'i'wixana, kushxi pafq'iwixana waixtitpam Iq'lwit. Atautxau iwacha palyawat. The animal people player many different games. They liked to play hunting games and ball games, and also they played running games. The favorite game of all was the stick game. Atl'ushanam palywatpa. Ku palq'i'wixana r nu unu tseayt't! h j nch'lki iwinaxama nawinaici. Porcupine decided, Til teach Cottontail a lesson. " Whenever it was time to hide the bones, Porcupine sang his Thunder gambling song. As Porcupine sang his song, big streaks of lightning would come down. Kwananl papalyawana, auku ikmci eiwiyat'ana Aikwsmfyau. fU, Soo Wuda ka paa tuazunu poonepunne. Ha oo sakwa nu mu pakwe tsaku'a tabua. Father bear was ZJiver. Father wonder ing how he was going ' to get some fish then he thought about how bears fished long ago. palyawafma Ikmaki. Anakwn wa napt Ikma again. 1 pwachishana tkw'iikw itl'una. i 'sapk'uslya Aikws. As the game went on, the boneswent to Cottontail's side. Porcupine was watching Cottontail very closely, and so he guessed correctly. But Cottontail cheated Soo wuda'a vise ka natzekoba tsetawaaa. tu ! I If I I - ' inasnin c aac aa kwasema, wuni katu. Soo kwase yise yutzungow, ote'a soo Wuda'a ohobu too'e bekwiyoo'a katu. C He made a hole in the ice and put his - f A W tail in to catch some ' vv fish! Right away he ? M f r felt the first bite, he held on harder and he waited until he felt more.