Jqnuqry 6, 2005
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-
Spllyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Sahaptin Language Lesson
Anaku Aikws Iwuxma Apapktl'aktl'a
How Cottontail Lost His Fingers
Anaku iwacha ksks Aikws,
iwacha p$yu qw'shm
Sswan. Ku chautuyau
iwacha paikte. Chi
ndxshpa Jkw'fpa, anaku
Aikws iwaqftshana
pteptana ku wiyatnfin
iwiyaninwiyanfna
wautukSwaskni.
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pa'ftamaitsha
ku fkwn
auku
pinauwitein
pStfusha.
Aikwsmf ku
xtwaimamf
Stau
iwacha
palySwat.
aaminwa
cr a
Kuta kuuk Shashmf
walptciikash Swapaatana.
Ana'3i Aikws cheiuwiyat
iccixlpnxana app kukuuk
nawinate ilaYkkuma ku
pStaimaiya appktf'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.
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.
Aikwsmf pusha
Spilyatxuin
patalaxitknxana,
"Cheiunam wfyat wfnata
Weiutukashkni." Ku
iwachci chaaau paikta
Aikws. Ku aya'yat
kciatnam twin
pachaxupaiya kw'alalfn.
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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TT7 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!
Aikws kwnfin auku
ishuwina. Kwnfin
auku itxanana
paikta pushapa.
Ku cixwai awacha
laxsimk'a shuwit
Aikwsmf.
Cottontail learned his
lesson from that.
From then on he
listened to his grand
father. But Cotton
tail still had one more
lesson to learn.
Ku auku Aikwsna
pSnakwinana
pSwiyak'uktyau
Slain Xuxuuxtxuin
anakwna" 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 itwanana
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Kuukata ku Aikws a'nch'axi ishuwina. Chau mix
iwa" tq'fwit anamku Wcita sapk'usill
Kwnfinata chikuuk tkw'fyau 3wa Aikwsmf
chutun apSptkl'aktl'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,
Ku fshatkni pa'eiicha Ms, Tiskcii, Shash, ku
Wfshpush.
Ku fshat pawacha K'aalas, Wfsqaqa, Aikws, ku
Weishki. Anakumun Shash itt'unxana Aikwsna,
kuta kuuk isapk'usixana ittaimaxana ikma
anaku chau pSwachixa Sheishin Aikwsna.
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 cheat, and would switch the bones when Porcu
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Paiute Language Lesson
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.
7 pa'ftt'iyawiya yaamashna
tkwainptyau. Kushxi
itwanana np'fwityau. Ku
Shash itmiyuna, "aunash ashapashuwita
Aikwsna." Ku Shash iwalptaika palyawatash
nawitanmf walptaikt anakumun pnmfn eiwacha
itamacht tkma. Anaku
iwalptaiknxama pnmfn
ku xlak pawnpa nusux. Ku walptaikash Shashmf,
tt'aaxw kakya tananma kukuuk ilat'ukwnxama,
paka'wfya.
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 kakya tananma
patq'iwfya tunxtunx
tq'fwit. Wsalfltwata
shp'a'uwit
palq'fwixana, kushxi
patq'fwixana
waixtitpam tq'fwit.
Atautxau iwacha
palywat.
The animal people playet
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.
Att'ushanam palywatpa. Ku pakj'fwixana
palyawatema fkmeiki. Anakwna awa napt tkma" again.
nch'fki iwfnaxama
nawinata.
Porcupine decided, "I'll
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.
munutseay'4f j Vv' y
Soo Wuda ka paa tuazunu poonepunne.
Ha oo sakwa nu mu pakwe tsaku'a tabua.
Father bear was
Innlsinn af tho frmon
H Jriver. Father wonder
ing how he was going
' to get some fish then
he thought about how
bears fished long ago.
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Kwananf
papalyawana,
auku tkma
awiyat'ana
Aikwsmfyau. soo wuda'a yise ka patzekoba tsetawaga, tu
Shashin c'aac'aa kwasema, wuni katu. Soo kwase yise
pSwachishana vutzunaow. ote'a soo Wuda'a ohobu too'e
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bekwiyoo a katu.
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Aikwsna anaku
tkw'iikw itt'una.
Ku anch'axi
jsapk'usfya
AIKWS.
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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
He made a hole in
the ice and put his
tail in to catch some
fish! Right away he f
felt the first bite, he
held on harder and
he waited until he
felt more.