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.
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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!
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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.
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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.