Spilyay Tyn^oo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-------------------------------
Legends
Sahaptin
pa'flamaitsha
ku ikwn
auku
pinauwitain
patt'usha.
Aikwsmi ku
xtwaimami
atau
awacha
palyawat.
aaminwa
isapk'usixana
Aikws,
Anaku Aikws Iwuxina Apapktl'aktl’a
H ow C o tto n ta il Lost His Fingers
Anaku iwacha ksks Aikws
iwacha payu qw’shm
aswan. Ku chautuyau
iwacha paikta. Chi
naxshpa tkw’ipa, anaku
Aikws iwaqitshana
ptaptana ku wiyatniin
iwiyaninwiyanina
wautukawaskni.
When C ottontail was small, he
was a very naughty boy. He
would n o t do as he was told.
One day as C ottontail was looking fo r clover, he wan
dered away from camp,
The stick
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game is a
guessing game. The stick game players played w ith
bones. Two bones are hidden, and then the guesser
makes a guess. C ottontail and his friends liked stick
game. But C ottontail always cheated.
Aikwsmi pusha
Spilyatxuin
patalaxitknxana,
"Chaunam wiyat winata
wautukashkni." Ku
iwacha chaaau paikta
Aikws. Ku ayayat
kaatnam twin
pachaxupaiya kw'alalin.
C ottontail's grandfather,
Old Coyote, had warned
him, "D on't go o u t o f cam p." But C ottontail did no t
mind. A nd his beautiful, long tail was b it o f f b y the
monster!
Aikws kwniin auku
ishuwina. Kwniin
auku itxanana
paikta pushapa.
Ku axwai awacha
laxsimk'a shuwit
Aikwsmi.
C ottontail learned his
From then on he
listened to his grand
father. But Cotton
tail s till had one more
lesson to learn.
Ku Aikws itwanâna
tkwâinptyau. Kushxi
itwanâna np’iwityau. Ku
pa'itt'iyawiya yâamashna
ku xlak pawnpa nusux. Ku
tt'aaxw kâkya tanânma
paka’wiya.
C ottontail went hunting with
the hunters. He went fishing
with the fishermen. They killed many deer and they
i caught many salmon. A ll the animal people had a big
I feast,
Ku kakya tananma
patq'iwiya tunxtunx
fq’iwit. ; Wsalilt wata
shp'auwit
patq'iwixana, ktishxi
patq'iwixana
waixtitpama tq'iwit.
Atautxau awacha
palyawat.
The animal people played
many different gafries.
‘ They liked to play hunting
[games and ball games, and also they played running
[games. The favorite game o f all was the stick game.
Âtt'ushanam palyâwatpa. Ku patq'iwixana
palyawatama tkmaki. Anakwna âwa napt tkmâ
But Porcupine's Thunder song
helped! As C otto ntail started
to open his hand, the lightning flashed and struck
C ottontail's fingers!
Kütikâta ku AikvVs ânch'axi ishuwina. Chau niix
iwâ tq'iwit anamkü wâta sapk'usitâ.
Kwniinata chiküuk tkw'iyau âwa Âikwsmi
châutun apâptkt'aktt'a.
So i t was, C ottontail learned another lesson. It is no t
fun to play with people who cheat.
That is why, to this day, the C ottontail rabbit doesn’t
Ku ishatkni pa'aicha Ms, Tiskai, Shash, ku
Wishpush.
Ku ishat pawacha K'aalas, Wisqaqa, Aikws, ku
Washki. Anakumun Shash itt'unxana Aikwsna,
kuta kuuk isapk'usixana ¡ttajmaxana tkma
anaku chau pawachixa Si)a6hin Aikwsna.
Porcupine, Skunk, Beaver and Chipmunk sat on one
side:
And, the o th er side was Raccoon, Robin, C ottontail, and
Squirrel. Every time Porcupine would guesS, CotfohtaiT'
would cheat, and would switch the bones When Porcu- ’
pine was no t looking.
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Paiute
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Ku adku Aikwsna
panakwinana
pawiyak'uktyau
alain Xuxuuxtxuin
anakwna iwa Nch'i
Wan a.
One da yjJo tton tail's
grandmother, Old
Raven, took him to a gathering tha t was beside the
Coluiybia River.
Küta kuuk Shashmi
walptaikash âwapaatana.
Ana'ai Aikws chauwiyat
icâxlpnxana apâp kukuuk
nawinata ilat'kkuma ku
pâtaimaiya apâpktt'aktt'à
Âikwsna.
«
Shash itmiyuna, "aunash ashapashuwita
Aikwsna." Ku Shash iwalptaika palyawatash
nawitanmi walptaikt anakumun pnmin awacha
itamacht tkma. Anaku
iwalptaiknxama pnmin
walptaikash Shashmi,
kukuuk ilat'ukwnxama,
nch'iki iwinaxama
nawinata.
Porcupine decided, "I'll
teach C ottontail a lesson. "
Whenever i t was time to
hide the bones, Porcupine
sang his Thunder gambling song. As Porcupine sang his
song, big streaks o f lightning would come down.
Kwanâni
papâlyawana,
auku tkma
awiyat'ana
Aikwsmiyau.
Shashin c'âac'aa
pâwachishana
Âikwsna anàku
tkw'iikw itt'una.
Ku ânch'axi
isapk'usiya
Aikws.
As the game went on, the boneswent to C d tto n ta ifs '
side. Porcupine was watching C ottontail very closely,
and so he guessed correctly. But C ottontail cheated
again.
Esa
matapooe
patoosooba
koomeba
tubenguse
mago’o
woakuse
Ku’owka
Tupoonese
Yaga
Soopedakwatoo
Wolf
Created
Stars
sky
to ask
bag
to lie down
go out!
to wake
cries
to know
Ya tamme natugooyoonakwe! Te nakapunne!
Today we bring you a Paiute Legend “The Wolf,
Coyote and the Stars". Enjoy the legend!
Ka Esa No Etza’a Paatosooba
Natugooyoonakwe
Wolf, Coyote, and Stars Legend
1. Ka onosoo
A long time ago
2. Osoo Esa ka teepu
matapooe.
The wolf made the earth.
3. Obenakwa osoo patoosooba ka
koomebanaga namatapooekwe.
Afterwards he was going to place the stars in
the sky.