Pqge 12
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 10, 2004
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-
Table Setting
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Tepo namadapoonea
Table setting
Ya Tabenoo tamme tuunedowkwe.
Today we are going to set table.
Mu tseda tebokooba
haneoo.
Put the plates on the table.
Puma tu nadukana ka
tsedaba toonow.
Put silverware by the plates.
O
Tu'egena
Tuusekwuna
Wehe
Ka tu'egena mu toonow.
Put the spoons out.
Tuusekuna mu toonow.
And the forks.
Paa tsedawi tsa.
Pour water in the cups.
Tamme ka
nadukana tebo
kooba
wunedowkwe.
Now let's put the food on the table
Nuwitkan
Toward the right
Nami twanat nawa taminwa nuwitkan:
ana kwna tteaxw tun nami wa txanat.
It is customary to always follow direction to
the right, which helps our people follow
(Twanasha) our life in orderly manner. Such
as entering our longhouses, greetings, our
different social dances, and spiritual activities.
China wa naxsh twanat.
This is one of our way of following.
Spoons 7
Fork
Knife 1
Auna ptuksha
Let's set the table.
Nuwitkan iwa
ptukt
It is our tradition to
set the table
towards the right.
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Yise aatow, tamme
nanesootuhikwe.
Let's all sit down and
pray.
Ka paa hebe, pesa
tuka.
Drink water and enjoy
your meal.
Kushxinawa ptukt itwatpama, ku
tkwitat.
You also set the food and seasoning towards
the right, t
Nuwitkan luuk'p chuush awiyayaxtak.
Towards the right pour little water in each
cup.
Au iwa tkwatat. Wiya aichatamti.
It is time to eat. Seat yourselves.
Auna walptaiksha
tkwatatpama walptaikash.
Let's sing the meal song.
Chuuush!
Drink our water
Auna tkwatasha
Let's eat.
June If) Wfrtory
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0 1996 - 2001
June 1 st, 1 934: A legal definition of "Indian" is
made today.
June 12th, 1855: Walla Walla Conference: Gov
ernor Stevens bypassed the entire structure of
the American Constitutional System, giving
Congress sole power to ratify treaties.
June 1 7th, 1 579: Sir Francis Drake will land,
today, north of San Francisco, probably, at what
is called today, Drake's Bay, in California. He will
report the Indians to be "people of a tractable,
free and loving nature, without guile or treach
ery." June 1 9th, 1 541: Today, de Doto's expedition
meets the CASQUI Indians near modern day
Helena, Arkansas. There has been a drought in
the area, and the padres offer to help. A large
cross is erected and the Spaniards join in prayer.
Soon it starts to rain. The CASQUIs will become
allies of the Spanish.
f June 21 st, 1 856: Today the non-hostile indians
; along the lower Rogue River, and at Fort Orford,
j in southwestern Oregon, are put on a boat to be
moved to a new reservation between the Pacific
Ocean, and the Wallamet River. It will be called
the Grande Ronde Reservation.
June 24th, 1832: Reverend Samuel Worcester
has been arrested, and convicted of living, and
working, among the CHEROKEEs with have a
state permit, or having sworn an oath of alle
giance to the state of Georgia. Today the Su
preme Court rules that the state of Georgia has
unfairly tried to exercise control over the
CHEROKEEs contrary to federal law, and trea
ties. The court will strike down most of the anti
Indian laws passed by Georgia, including those
seizing their lands, and nullifying tribal laws.
Before the trail, President Andrew Jackson
officially stated that he has no intention of
supporting the CHEROKEEs over the state of
Georgia. Speaking to the court's decision today,
Jackson would be quoted as saying, "John
Marshall has rendered his decision; now let him
enforce it."
Jackson would ignore the Supreme Court
ruling, and continue in his efforts to move the
CHEROKEEs out of the south, and into the Indian
Territory.
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Table Setting
Spoon
Fork
Knife
Dish
Bowl
Cup
J Water
Hspun
Iskemptk ,
Aaiwiai V
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Aladas
Awasq'u
Wacqun
Hchqwa v
Aga aJxelma.
Now let's eat.
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lladam emshkix.
You folks set the table.
Gwenma Hadas emshxlinxaya
Put five dishes on the table.
Lxima Hspun, iskemtk , kwidau aqiwiqi
sqwap Hadasba.
Put a spoon, fork, and knife next to each dish.
Lxinxa gwenma tfsq'umax Hulushk bama
awachi itkmawacwamat
bama.
Put five bowls out for soup or
fruit.
Emshtinxaya gwenma
Hskunimax bama Hchqwa.
Put five cups out for water.
Aga alkdugiuludamida ittolem.
Now bless the food.
Hchqwa attugumshda yaniwadix kwapt
amsWxelma.
Take a drink of water before
you folks eat.
Mari, naika Wcinaqsh!
Mary, my mother!
Aga inigmfait iladam.
Now I am sitting at the table.
Aga iptiux anyalux aklutk.
Now I shall put medicine into my spirit.
Ngitxudfnmchk Kd Hkiwax tidambama.
Help me, get light for the tables.
Dauya wim,
This is the father (pointing with right hand to
head),
Dauya lyaxcin,
This his son, (pointing to breast),
Dauya it'ukdi iyagwmntt.
This his good heart (the holy ghost).
Qfdau gwnisim it'ukdi.
Thus always good (amen).