Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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May 14, 2014
Culture & Heritage Language Program
Memorial day - a day to recognize loved ones passed
Ichishkiin
Kiksht
Numu
a / Soyuze
- Soldiers
>/Na - Father
■7 Pabe’d - Older Brother
-7 Wanga’a - Younger Brother
•7 Momo’kone - Women
•V Nakuna - Graves
-7 Tonega - Flowers
<7 Mabetseana - Take
Care
yl Woetza’me -
Protect
>/ Nako’e - Fight
^Nu - 1
VNanesootuhi - Pray
y Ikchamat - Rake
yl Ilabiush - Hoe
yl I-shabel - Shovel
yl Pgininwa - Dirt
V Itkiwax - Flowers
■yl Ikagiuludamit - Prayer
yl Itk’imxatks - Cemetary
yl Itpchexmax - Weeds
yl Ak’imxat - Grave
yl It’imxatksh -
Graves
yl Psandi - Flag
>1 Ikala - Man
y/ Wigwa - Day
Tee nanum m a nakuna m abetseana’kw u ,
O ur family will take care o f our graves.
Amduk3a itk’imxatkshyamt, kchamat, ilabiush, kw adau
i-shabe
Take these tools to the cem etary a rake, hoe, and
shovel
Tamme tonega hem m am adabooe nakuna
We will place flowers on the graves.
N o ’yoona tubetse pesa m u soyazu w oetza’mewunne.
Thanks to all soldiers for protecting us.
M asoo tubetsee p esa’yoo, a
Som eone Very special
Yise m eno’o ka te N a , p a ’akatudu, nanesootuhikute.
We pray to our father in heaven.
Ya teepu kooba tam m e num ena, kw etzoikem m a. ,
We are thankful for our survival on-tins earth.
l^ b ’ydbna te nanuniu oitoo nata’ya
M ost all o f our relatives are s e n tto th e s t^ c b s * A ,
M a3aam duxa itpchexm ax Pgininwa yaamt
Clean the w eeds from the d i r t .
Amduganxayaitkiwax itkimxatkshba.
Put flowers on the grave
A lm a kanawa alxgiuludamida bam a idelxashuxdiksh,
kiwaba i3gilxeldatksh itukdi igwamnit.
Say a prayer giving thanks to our relatives, for the
know ledge they left us.
Dminwa algi3gemxanaunxma daichkaki imaqwtyamt
gatgia kanawa.
A lw ays honor and rem em ber our people that w ent to
w ar
Pkaluksh | Som e know n m en
O te’a te kw ezoina supedyna
They fight for our survival and freedom.
P n e’m shksh.- Some know n w om en
Pqadutin - Some know n children
<Tmaitkina ap’xta - Memory in
Respect
V Atwai Naimuma -
Deceased Family
yl Atwai Suulcas
Deceased military
soldiers
VWi’ima3aki
Yawatash - Clean graves
y/ Wiyatisha yawaash - Decorate
the graves
^Natit - Flowers
VNch’i tichami chawaluksh -
U.S. flag
VLuc’a - Red
8 Lamt - Blue
<Plas - White
V Sunknikt - Parade
yl Papaxtwaiyakawasha -
Visiting with each other
Awima3akaixana yawatash kuna awiyaitaixa ayayatnatit
n atitk i k u su u lca sn a a w ip tu k aix a n c h ’i tich am i
chawalkush
We clean and decorate the graves w ith beautiful flow
ers and set th e U S Flags-fdr soldiers.
A ku itaxanaxa pinaha’inait tmria, pxwi, k u w aq’ishwit
k u itaxanaxa sunknikt, w itkw atat, t3aaxw w iyatii
laxa’aukii lu c’a, plas, k u lamt, k u papaw ixtw ayaknxa
xlaktiyatki.
N ow it is time to relieve your memorial and make peace
. in y our h eart, m ind and life b y parading, and having
picnic decorated in red, w hite, and blue, and a lot o f I
visiting in laughter.
Language Program Staff
Val Switzler, Director
Josie Blackwolf, Secretary
Arlita Rhoan, Lead Teacher
Suzie Slockish, Ichishkiin
Dallas Winishut, Ichishkiin
GregArquette, Ichishkiin
CharlesKalam a, A rchives
D ana Smith, Archives
Pam Cardenas, K iksht
CarlaDean Winishut, N um u
Wilfred Jim, Consultant
Geraldine Jim, Conultant
M yra Johnson, Consultant
Deanie Smith
Triston Smith •
PHONE:
(541) 553-3290
Education Building
I f you have any questions please
feel free to stop by th e office and
talk w ith any one o f our staff
Honoring Native American History
American Indian Marine Was Part of
Iwo Jima But Kept Out of Spotlight
Jack McNeel
The stirring photograph o f the U.S. flag being
raised at Iwo Jima by.U.S. Marines is one o f the most
reproduced images of all time. What many people don’t
know is that it
w asn o t the first
A m erican flag
ra ise d in th a t
epic World War
II battle.
In a file photo U.S. Marines o f the 28th Regiment o f the Fifth Division raise the American fla g atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima,
on Feb. 23,1945.
T w o
A merican Indi
ans played big
parts in both flag-
raisings on Iwo
J im a ’s M ount
Suribachi. Louis
Charles Charlo,
from the Bitter
root Sahsh Tribe
o f M o n tan a,
helped with the. first flag. Ira Hayes, a Pima from Ari
zona, is in the famous photograph taken later that same
day o f another flag being raised.(read more o f this ar
ticle at IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.Com)