Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 7, 2005
Page 15
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-
Summer Activities
Vocabulary;
J '' -""'" SV Worn ' -Wanaqsh
. WW
r 'Swimming
Wanaqsh,
Naqi chi pu
enchuya
sWiqatyamt?,
Mom, Can we go to the creek?
( Dan J
bama?
tS) K v
Creer Wiqat
Swimming Anchwadama
J Where Q3xba
ft. , Srcge IHclaimat
(i ,; , ' Horse . Iklutan
' , T , Wh J
M7at for?
ixtuldix kaxsn
( tgenchuxt J
Vanchadamj
It's hot and we want to go swimming.
( Qaxba )
amshuya?
Whereabouts are you going?
(ErdiilwukdaxdixJ
gwap (
f itkalaimat.
f Qengi A
aish I
f amshuya? )
'itgatelit madmax
antshluxa hurri
cane kwidau
dugash kwapt
lenshilwulxdaxdix.
7shmshxuttga
iqadash itukdii)
imshawigwa
alixuxa.
Up the creek past the bridge.
How are you going'
Were going to saddle up dugash and
hurricane and ride up there.
Be careful and have fun.
On o
0
Shatm au itxana. j
Summer season is here.
Shunaititki Snwit
(Language on Swimming)
Li
liiiiii, au laxwaixt
ishatmi, c'a au
shunaititash.
t lr
Yes, it is going to be a hot summer,
good for swimming activities.
( mimii au xlak j
miyanashma
mashunaitisha shitaiki
waipxtpa.
There is already a lot of children
swimming in the Shitaikt creek.
i. au iwa
Payumsha chi
Paxatkw'l, Tamac'akt,)
ku Pachwaiwit, kuuk .
fiiiikw'i xlak
miyanashma
pashunaitishata
hitaikt waiptxpj
It is payumsha this Friday, Saturday, ana
Sundday, children will be swimming all
day in the Shitaikt creek.
Gathering: great feast with many foods
(Continued from page 2)
Some of the many bands
represented were the Wadatika
of Burns, Cui Yuii of Nixon,
Nev., Agai-Dicutta of Shurz,
Nev., Tokubadu of Owyhee,
Nev., Gidutuka of Fort Bidwell,
Calif., the Yapatika of Beatty,
Ore., Kweenatuba of
McDermitt, Nev., and Banaki
of Fort Hall, Idaho.
"I enjoyed the gathering,"
said Shirley Tufti of the
Kweenatuba Band, an elder who
resides in Warm Springs. She is
a part of the Numu Yadoan
team of the Warm Springs Cul
ture and Heritage Language Pro
gram. "First of all it was good be
cause we all came together and
shared our knowledge of our
people. Also, there was the shar
ing of the traditional foods of
the Paiutes at the dinner that was
held at the Burns Senior Cen
ter. There were a lot of people
there. The place was filled.
There were all kinds of food! It
was a great feast! We need to
gather to visit more often. Next
time, maybe the weather will be
nicerl Rain had us moving
around to find shelter some
times." The volunteer cooks pre
pared foods brought by many
to share. Foods included
pakootsoo buffalo) gidu
(groundhog), tuhudya (deer),
kammu (jackrabbit), tunna (an
telope), kangudya (bitterroots),
tsooga (camas roots), wiyupooe
(buckberries), toesapooe
(chokecherries), togapono (huckle
berries), and there was paagai
(salmon) which was prepared sev
eral ways: fresh, baked in an
oven, dried, smoked, canned,
boiled, and gidu cooked over an
open fire pit on heated rocks,
covered in soawabe (sage
brush), and slow cooked all day.
Aaahaa! Pesa kamma, yes
tastes good.
After the great feast, the
people gathered again at Rain
bow Park and held some round
dances, played games, and had
a great time socializing. It was
refreshing to see the youth want
ing to learn. The Agai-Dicutta
band of Shurz brought some of
its youth who are learning its lan
guage and the cultural ways of
its past. The members shared
their knowledge with many.
The gathering ended on Sun
day with services held in Numu
Yadoan with Elder Ramona
Walema of Fort Hall praying for
all. Many elders spoke of how
this gathering needs to happen
more often.
"We usually only get to visit
with far off nanumu during fu
nerals. We need to continue on
with this type of get-together,"
a Numu Elder mentioned.
There were also beautiful gos
pel songs, sung in Numu Yadoan
by Pat Miller, Rosie Tom and
CarlaDean Caldera.
Elders challenged the partici
pants to teach any bit of the
Northern Paiute culture and lan
guage to our younger genera
tions. It was agreed upon by our
elders that we are quickly losing
our cultural ways. Our languages
(dialects of Numu Yadoan) are
also being readily replaced by the
English slang. Folks in atten
dance were asked to reach out
to our younger and elder gen
erations. Dennis Smartt of
McDermitt added this com
ment, "We are all one people,
and coming together with gath
erings like these will make us
strong people once again."
Thanks again to all of the
folk; young and old who came
together for this unique event,
including; the Burns Elders,
Myrtle Peck and Ruth Lewis, to
name but a few, the Burns Tribal
Council, the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs Numu
Yaduan Team; Patricia Miller,
Shirley Tufti and Carla Dean
Caldera, and the many, many
folks who donated time, money,
food, and gifts for our elders.
You know who you are!
Without you all, this event
would not have become a
blessed reality. We especially
thank Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort and Casino, the Confed
erated Tribes of Grande Ronde,
the Burns Paiute Tribe for their
money donation, and the Mu
seum at Warm Springs for their
gift donations.