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January 8, 2004 Page 11 THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON Spi!y3y Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon Iskintwa gayuya iqwashqw'ashba f luiaqwr gangadaga gachduksdamit watutba fk'ap gachuxa. Gachulkchamit iitxashu watufba jlskintwa duwi gachdux madnux k'aya dan ;itk acha gatuwi idiac ilakwityamt qwatxala idiac'ilakwit. K'aya dan itiak'acha. When Bear went to Crane's place, Crane was already cooking over a fire he had fixed just right. He was roasting the clams. Crane was doing it just like Bear, but there was no fat dripping from his bony legs be cause his legs were too skinny and they had no fat. Ojdauba daya wigwa amiglglaya iskintwa yuqw'iu yaxulgaxaimat idiapapakwn kwaish dati'ci. Kwapt qidau ngi amiglglaya iqw'ashqw'ash yatutxwilal witalaba Swachi wiqafba awachi wimatba, yatutxwilal itchqwaba daminwa ixt ngi iyaqwit. Chsh chsh chiux . iiyac'ilaqwit chawigwalkt idiapsh. Legends i i i 4. Ooka mago'okwi mu hanena He kept them in a bag 5. Osoo Etza'a oonow kemowgese, yise, hemma u hane? Meoo tubengu? Coyote came along, and asked what are you doing? 6 . Yise, ooka oo mago'o kwitoo nepoonewunu. And wanted to see what was in the bag. 7. Osoo Esa Ka Etza'a meo "Ki maka mago'o kwitoo poonepana". The wolf told Coyote "Don't look into the bag". 8. Osoo Esa u'nutse'e pahona'yina, ka unu woakuse. The wolf was very tired from his work. 9. Oonow habes'e u'uweka. So he lied down and fell asleep. So that's why you see Bear sleeping with his paws tucked under him... his paws are still warm. And that's why you see iCrane standing in the lakes or drivers or streams, always -, standing in the water on one - jeg. He is cooling his bony legs and burnt feet. Num Vocabulary List: Esa matapooe patoosooba koomeba tubenguse mago'o woakuse Ku'owka Tupoonese Yaga Soopedakwatoo . ni:iuiixtln.:F.n 1 0. Osoo Etza'a ki tunakana ka mago'o kwitoo poo'newunne. The coyote wasn't listening went ahead and looked inside the bag. .. ... 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. 1 1 . Oosoo ka mago'o tsakonase patoosooba Ku'owke! As he opened the bag, out! came the stars! 1 2. Osoo Esa ka tuboonese meo ka Etza'a nema'e When the wolf woke up he told the coyote.. 13. Ha'otu'wau mani? Ka mago'o tsakona! What have you done? You opened the bag! 1 4. Yise u ka patoosooba tsakua! Now you've let the stars out. 1 5. nonotse u koomeba tametoo poo'neyina ! Everytime that you look up into the sky 1 6. U tu'tu'ha numa'yina, u yagakwe! You will feel sad and cry! 1 7. Meno'o tea osoo Etza'a ka koomeba tametoo pooneyina yagakatukwe. So everytime the the coy ote looks into' the sky he cries. 1 8 . Osoo oo soopedakwatuna, osoo ki tunaka, ka patoosooba saku'ase. He cries, because he knew it was wrong to let the stars out. The moral of this story is: always listen and you won't be sorry for doing something wrong. Ichishkiin As told by Naiyashash (Adeline Miller). Awacha ayayat palyawat. Patq'iwlxana taaminwa ku Nusuxyaiin pa'ishnxana Asmysina. Stickgame was a beautiful game. They played this game all the time and Salmon alwavs beat Eel. 4 V. 4) Auku ilaxwaixsha auku ancrvaxi fci'iwitat'ashaiksh. Asmyai auku inawa tt'itiyamash auku ishta ! chikuuk. .t'j Eels always would be 'trr hot to play, he would 5 ; ! Mont fr rcki coma moro fXt.-.!--- IIUIIl IVS tJ"AJ wWI I IV IIIWIW ifcwu jk. onrl hp wnu n ca "I am going to beat you this time." Kumish auku anch'axi pafq'iwisha auku anch'axl pa'ishsha Nusuxyaiin, shnuwai au pa'ishsha Asmyaina. Salmon would say,"Ok", they would play again and he would beat eef, poor thing he would beat him again. Asmyai axwaitiya auku inawa autiyamash auku ishat'asha chikuukmash au ishta. Eel wouldn't give up, he would say,"l want to beat you, I will beat you this time." Auku Nusuxyaiin pa'nsha cnaunamun pa'tshta autiq'anamai nawa chunam mun pa'isnta skaunashwa. Chauu inch'axishaiwa skau. Papatanawiixsha. They would argue back and forth. Salmon would say,"You will never beat me I am very skified in this game", and eel would say,"l am skilled too. li au auna anch'a palyawasha, autiya auku anch'a pa'ishna Nusuxyaiin Asmyaina. Ok let s play again, they played again but salmon beat him again. Auna laxsimq'a au tq'wita chiq'ash auwa laxsimk'a pipsh pipsh ashau chauwiyat putsha. Eel said, Let's play one more time, I just have one more little bone left, I am loosing. Ipalyawaxana qw'ai auku pipsh pnmiin itamapnixana chimash au ishshaiksh chikuuk ku ttaaxw nash tt'i ishtuxta pipsh Asmyai inawa, Nusuxyaina 'nxa. Eel would bet his bones in the stick game, so he was to his last bone and he said," I am betting my bones! and I will win back all my bones this time. Chi auku anch'a pafq'iwiya, au pata'iwi kwanq'a ku chanq'a chi auku Nusuxyaiin pa ishn tt'aaxw pipsh. Tney played again, the game went this way and that way, but salmon won all his bones. Kwnkiin iwa chikuuk asm chau tun awa pipsh aukwlau awa shiyatsim. Thats why Eef has no bones today, he just has tnat shoe string like down his back we call shiyat.
