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Dinak'i Ch'its'utozre 3

10 letters of the alphabet are introduced via these two stories -- Nidots'o Chela'ena Yats'notasdidatl' [How the boys escaped] -Translation of a Tena Tale / by Betty Petruska --Ts'ek'its'a Kwnja' [Ts'ek'its'a's story] from a story told by Wassillie Petruska.		 Letter PDF Booklet PDF Video Not Available

Dotron' Yoko' K'onast'wk

A folklore story told to Ottie G. Semaken of Kaltag, Alaska by his father. A magic man who is able to change his shape transforms into a crow. He steals the sun, moon, and a star from the chief of a neighboring village through trickery to bring light to his own village.		 Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

Jezra

A folktale where one old woman tricks another out of her winter food stores. The second woman then disguises herself as a man and tricks the the first woman into feeding her. 		Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

K'idi'onh Ts'inh Heye

Three folktales translated by Betty Petruska. K’altsa [Fox]: An old woman unwisely travels with a strange man who leaves her on the flats to freeze to death. Dina Chwh [Giant]: Two children disobey their parents and are eaten by a giant. Nosdlaghe [Chinook Salmon]: A young woman finds a talking head which is thrown down an ice hole which a girl follows and has an adventure. 		Letter PDF Booklet PDF Video Not Available

Nikolai Hwch'ihwzoya'

A collection of nine traditional stories which previously were passed down orally.		 Letter PDF Not Available Booklet PDF Not Available Video Not Available

Nikolai Reader

A collection of short historical stories related to the Upper Kuskokwim Region.		 Letter PDF Not Available Booklet PDF Not Available Video Not Available

Nune Itrih

Traditional story translated by Helen Dennis from the Koyukon version to Upper Kuskokwim with accompanying English translation. The adventures of a porcupine with a muskrat, mink otter, beaver and bear are recounted.		 Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

Tildzidza Diz'a Ch'idogheltanh

A fable where mouse rescues his uncle from a can. The uncle has learned that thieves are eventually punished.		 Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

Tinde Ts’iyozra’

This is the story of a boy named Tinde, and the construction of a birch bark canoe with each of the different steps illustrated to show how it is done. 		Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

Tok'e Shisr

The fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold in Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan. 		Letter PDF Booklet PDF Play Video

Yada Uzazełts’onh Advanced

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Noghoya ił Dineje ił “The Frog and the Moose” and Nidats’o Hi’ił Michala’ Detsitł’a Ts’idiyok Heye’e Shirs “Why the Bear has a Short Tail”
by Betty Petruska
Illustrated by Ray Collins
A Production of the Athapaskan Bilingual Program Alaska State Operated School System 650 International Airport Road Anchorage, Alaska 99502
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A Production of the Athapaskan Bilingual Program Alaska State Operated School System 650 International Airport Road Anchorage, Alaska 99502 A production of the Nikolai Cross-Cultural Communication Program, Alaska State Operated School System, 650 International Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99502. Use of this material is restricted to schools cooperating in the Bilingual Education Program. All rights, including the right to reproduce all or part of the contents in any form are reserved by the Athabaskan Bilingual Program. Printed by Alaska State Operated Schools Anchorage, Alaska 99502 3-73-200
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Noghoya ił Dineje ił The Frog and the Moose
“Sito” ne łonh noghoya goya.
“My dad,” said the little frog.
Noghoya chuh todalton di himogh zidoye ts’e’.
To the big frog which was sitting at the edge of the pond.
“Yada ghwla’ chuh nighil’an’.
I saw something big.
Digheloye ighełchih heye.
It was big as a mountain.
Chida’ chu’ mandaz’o ts’e’ midroda’ yentel’o.
It had horns and its legs were long.
Mika’ dotik’ chu’ hulanh heye.”
It had space between its foot.”
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“Dodizena” ne łonh noghoya chuh.
“Be quiet,” said the big frog
“Dineje ghilchu ołdeneye he’.
“You’re talking about a moose.
Ihwts kogh chu’ dighełchigh ts’e’.
It was that big.
Sik’adigi ditaghol’o en ts’enanh mik’i hikogh ghile dighoghisjichih ts’e’ dino’isdinesh henh ine.”
It was longer than me but I can make myself wider than it.”
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“Sinenł’anh aha’” ne łonh ts’e’ ho’elnutł’.
“Look at me,” he said and blew himself up.
“Dats’hikogh dighełchih he’?” noghoya goya iłne łonh.
“Was it this big?” he asked the little frog.
“Ihwts hik’adigi” ne noghoya goya.
“Bigger than that,” said the little frog.
Tiya’ nichoh ts’e’ diholyok łonh.
He made himself bigger.
“Ihwts’ nik’adigi henh ine” dito’ iłne łonh.
“It was bigger than that,” he told his dad.
T’iyats’ notasdiyish łonh mito’ ts’e’ uhdi’in nichoh ts’e’ dighineł.
His dad took a big breath and was getting bigger.
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“Dats’hikogh dighełchigh…” deghineł deno lochu elduh łonh.
He said, “Was it this big…” when he blew up
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Nidats’o Hi’ił Michala’ Detsitł’a Ts’idiyok Heye’e Shirs (Why the Bear has a short tail)
Ts’ełdi dranh ghelhe’ detsenh ne shirs łonh k’altsa ghwnh neneyo.
One day a bear walked up to a fox and said he was hungry.
Łuk’a mitich’itinazch’it heye ghighał łonh k’altsa.
Fox was carrying fish with rope running through them.
“Ihwts’ hikogh łuk’a tiził’ey ts’e’. Nidogh hwts’inh?” k’altsa iłne łonh.
“Never saw that much fish. From where?” he asked the fox
Shirs ts’e’ hwts’et ts’ihk’at łonh k’altsa.
The fox wanted to lie to the bear.
Se hot di’ ił ‘el ts’e’ shirs hik’atolniy ts’e’ yinezin łonh.
I never got them myself. The bear wouldn’t find out, he was thinking.
“Dighił’an’ heye in” ne. “K’altsa dinagholt’a ts’e’ łuk’a dił’anh dine.
“I caught all of them,” Fox “I catch all the fish.”
“Hahuztroz ts’e’ dits’ił’ane ghilchu łuk’a” ne łonh.
“They are not hard to catch,” he said.
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“Hik’atughsinełtinh” ne shirs.
“Teach me,” said the bear.
“Aha” ne łonh k’altsa matso hulan deno.
“Ok,” said the fox while he was smiling.
“Hwna’ ts’aneyosh ts’e’ nicha’ todetsash dodizena’” ts’e’ łuk’a modi ‘ent’a.
Walk to the river and put your tail in the water and be quiet, wait for the fish.”
Łuk’a yez’uł da’ nicha’ iłts’esh higoya ts’e’ ditoneł.
If fish bite, it will pain a little.
En tiya’ nelzots’e’ tadaghenł’o da’ tiya’ lone łuk’a ditigheł’eł.
But, if you have your tail in the water longer you will catch more fish.”
Hwna’ ts’aneyo łon shirs ts’e’ k’altsa diyiłdighene’ ts’e’ didiyok.
The bear walked to the river and did what the fox had told him to do.
Tu t’iyats’ idle nelanh łonh.
The water was really cold.
Micha’ nich’i uhdi’on idle delanh ts’e’ dighineł łonh.
Even his tail was getting colder.
Iłtsesh ts’ihi’ił didiyok en toydagheł’o łonh.
It started paining but he still had it in the water.
Łuk’a yu’oł ts’ine yinezinh łonh.
He was thinking, fish must be biting it.
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Dranedr ne hwdalninh hwye’ił srukogh łuk’a dighił’an’ yinezinh łonh.
Finally around noon he was thinking he caught enough fish.
Hoytolał ts’ihighine digintazyenh hwye’ił no’ łonh.
He was going to take the fish out so he was going to get up, but he couldn’t.
Michala’ ił hik’anahwngholtinh łonh.
It froze over with his tail
Yi’ił ditaztrit edinh no’ ts’e’ t’iyaye’ił hwye’ił yats’ nohotaltanh.
He pulled his tail but no so he tried harder and got himself loose.
Micha’ lidon’ ey hits’e’ daneghił.
Part of his tail got left behind.
Dechoghe. Nidadi’onh dihudiyok ts’ine.
Big one. It happened long ago.
K’odet in shirs micha’ detsitł’a.
Now the bear has short tail.
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Dinak'i Ch'its'utozre 3

Dinak'i Ch'its'utozre 3
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Dr
Drodiya
Sheep
Drodiya hondogh dalts’enh?
Where do sheep stay?
Drodiya digheloye ti dalts’enh.
Sheep stay in the mountains.
Tr
Dotron’
Crow
Yughla dotron’.
There is a crow.
Dotron’ not’wh.
Crow is flying.
Dotron’ yodigu not’wh.
Crow is flying up there.
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Sr
Sruh
Robin
Yetla sruh.
There is a robin.
Sruh dot’anh?
What is robin doing?
Sruh chit’uh iłtse.
Robin is making a nest.
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Jezra
Camp robber
Nutla jezra.
There is a camp robber.
Hondogh zido jezra hwsh ti?
Where does camp robber stay in the winter?
Jezra jodugh zido iłt’e.
Camp robber stays around here all the time.
Jezra chin’esh tsihwyan’.
Camp robber always steal.
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Łuka
Fish
Nutla łuka.
Here is fish.
Nidots’o mi’uzra’ łuka?
What is the fish’s name?
Ch’ulkoy ine.
It is a pike.
Łił ił dil’ane ine ch’ulkoy.
Pikes can be caught with a hook.
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Y’
K’wy’
Willow
Yetla k’wy’.
There is willow.
Hondogh k’wy’ dinyah?
Where does willow grow?
K’wy’ tomogh niyah.
Willows grow along the river.
K’wy’ hiyonh heyene dineje ił tso’ ił.
Moose and beaver eat willows.
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Tł
Hwtł
Sled
Hwtł nizrune.
Good sled
Yada t’o iltseye’e?
What is it made of?
K’esh t’o iltsesh.
It is made with birch.
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Dl
Dlot’
Floating Moss
Yetla dlot’.
There is floating moss
Yada’e dlot’?
What is a floating moss?
Hwdinyah ine dlot’.
Floating moss is a plant.
Dlot’ tuko’niyah.
Floating moss grow on top of water.
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Nidots’o Chela’ena Yats’notasdidatł’
How the Boys Escaped
Notehna cheł ghelhe’ yoych’ihiłdish hwye’ił ts’ełk’in mik’o’ sritoneghił.
Two boys were shooting arrows when one lost his arrow.
Hiyeko nihwlyah hwye’ił kayih hik’ahelnech ts’e’ ey dohisdatł’.
They were looking around for it when they found a house and climbed to the top of it.
Noygi dahiynane’an’ hwye’ił noygit łonh nemaje zikonh ts’och chuh ye.
When they peaked it, down there in a big bowl there was an ice cream.
Dahinedatł’ ts’e’ hiygheyon’.
They went inside and ate it.
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Eyt hitł’oghwnh ts’ełk’inh tsa chuh t’oh neyinal’enh.
After that one person hid under a big rock.
Ts’ełk’inh łide’ tse’ał t’ogh gheyo.
The other one hid under a pillow.
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Eyt hidalts’enh hwye’ił ni’ots’ daneyo ets’ik.
They were staying there when they heard a person walk in.
Ts’och ikadalzish ets’ik.
They heard her kick the bowl
“Mada niyet heye gheyon’?” ne łonh.
She said, “Who ate what was inside you?”
“Ts’ełk’inh tsa t’ogh zido,” ne łonh ts’och.
The bowl said, “One is sitting under the big rock.”
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Ts’ełk’inh chu’ tse’ał t’ogh.
The other one is under the pillow.
Nok’ołonh łonh hwtalnik ts’e’ michon yet hidalts’enh.
The woman swallowed them and they were inside her stomach
Ts’ełk’inh sraye goya ts’anełtonh ts’e’ mi’ił deyt’anh heninh chu’ tsak’ors ts’adinane’onh.
One had a small knife while the other one had a sharpening stone.
Hiymit kwnet’ots’ ts’e’ tenogwshheldatł’.
They cut through her stomach and ran out.
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Ts’ek’its’a Kwnja’
Ts’ek’its’a’s Story
Gaguł’ił tiheygheł’an’ heyene konsa.
They used to catch ground squirrel with snares.
Nughda’ Ts’ek’its’a yihwts’ ghelchu deyigheł’ane.
Your cousin, Ts’ek’its’a, that’s how she used to catch them
Gaguł ił hwyan’ ghelchu konsa ghelich he’.
She only used snares to catch ground squirrels
Todzołno’ dongi ch’imodzigha’ dino’oł heyiłne.
Up the swift fork she would carry burning punk, they used to say
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Tsimesja yel’ane.
She used it for matches.
Yada ghwla’ tił’eye’ił ede chu’ unodoyoł chu’da ts’e’.
When she sees something she would walk around it
No łech’a edine toteł ts’e’ yan k’wda.
She didn’t have a dog, nothing at all.
No denk’a edine totel no ts’ełtin’ edine.
She didn’t have any gun or a bow.
Mi’ił didina’ist’anh idenh tukwda dighit’anh ts’e’.
Nobody was with her, she was alone in doing this.
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Michila nodo’ k’o’edikash deno hiłde’ dighit’an’ łonh ts’e’.
She used to do this while her younger brother went canoeing downriver.
Michila hono’idikash Telida hwye’ił hiłde’ “Nongi dodats’teyosh” heyiłne.
They used to say, “When her younger brother canoes back to Telida he would walk after his sister up toward the mountains.”
Konsa it’iyats’.
Lots of ground squirrels.
Konsagwnh nich’iditał’o łone ił yugh ha’eyosh nongehw Todzołno’.
When he finally reach her she had dried ground squirrels on a drying rack.
Yuhwdit’anh dighelchu’e noch’ighe’onh konsa dalt’a łonh yitoyel ts’ihighin ede.
One time when it was getting dark she fried a ground squirrel for supper.
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Ede gheyon’ ts’i’in naztanh ghelhe’.
She ate that and went to bed.
Noch’ighe’onh.
It became dark.
Ts’ełyek.
Dark.
Hwye’ił łochu mughney’neyo łone ił hik’a’elnech.
Then she found out that something walked to camp.
Notsugh hwdazk’wn’ higoya ts’e’.
The fire was small.
Ch’itsan’ yughdazdlo łone yonsi medidighetsish nohwdedik’osh higoyadi.
She had grass tied together which she picked up and poked into the small fire.
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Ede iłde’ yimit’gho’ adanełt’onh.
That one she put under the animal’s belly
Hwye’ił dek’onh.
Then it started burning.
Yit hwye’ił “Yiłdighene’ ” heyiłne.
Then “she said” they said
Notsinh dichinh toy’nighanełdray’ ts’ighel he lonh.
It lighted up the forest down below
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Idzgeye et ese iłlit’.
That was her news
Idzgeye iłlit’ ts’ihunoholnich hiyił dighene’ ts’imikwnja’.
She told the story of how she burned the scary one.
Yede ch’imodzigha’ iłt’e k’wda yi’ił nohwdełk’osh ts’ihigh’in iłt’e yedinołk’oł łone.
The punk she always used that to make fire with so she always had it burning.
Yuhhwnt’aye nich’ik’odinala ts’e’ tsimesja kwl ts’idihughet’a’don hiłde’ dihot’an’ ts’e’.
She also had extra punk to replace when one is burning out. That’s what they used to do when there was no matches.
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Dotron' Yoko' K'onast'wk

Dotron' Yoko' K'onast'wk
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Dotron’ Yoko’ K’onast’wk
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Yuh di’onh ti łonh kayih hulanh hw dotron’ k’onat’oh łingoldraye eko.
Long ago a raven was flying around where there were houses, he was looking for light.
Yodigw kayih hulanh di łonh doyonh zido.
Up on the hill there was a house where the chief stayed.
Ditsi’a di’ił lido łonh hine’edosh ts’ihik’at kwl henh.
He had his granddaughter who stayed with him, she didn’t want to get married.
Yugh’od hits’inh łonh chela ena ey ne’edał edinh hi’ił ne’eyosh ts’ih k’at kwl.
From all over boys came, but she did not want to marry them.
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Dina’ena dalts’enh di łonh iłt’e tsełdinalgwt’.
Where people were staying it was always dark.
Ch’idinh kayih łonh doyonh zido hide ts’e’ hinohwhwnish.
They said the chief was staying in another house, he knew that.
Dina’ena łonh dotron’ deyninh ts’e’ nedoy’hidane’onh.
The people send message to the raven.
Doyonh yodigu ninh loy zido ninh łonh sro ił no’oye ił dikayih yih ch’izdlo.
The chief who was staying at the end of land had the sun and moon in his house.
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Dotron’ holtsenh ts’e’ nech’onet’wk.
He turned himself into a raven and took off.
Tsełdinelgut’ edinh iłt’e not’wh.
It got dark, but he kept flying.
Hwdijale ił dranh hulanh hw nenat’wk hwye’ił hwneł’an’.
Finally he reached where there was daylight, then he could see.
Doyonh dranh ghinet yezdlo ye ghwnh nenat’wk łonh.
He flew to where the chief had the sun.
Kayih highwnh nełdiya di ts’ima k’its’ doltłit.
He landed on top of a spruce tree near the house.
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Noy’ghe’one ił tr’aha ena tu eko ts’ahinedatł’ tuk’a hits’inh.
Late evening girls went down to the waterhole for water.
Edinh tr’aha tr’och’udałt’ih heninh adinh.
All except the girl who didn’t like boys.
Yughna honotuhilyo dihitł’oghwnh łide tuk’a ts’aneyo.
After the girls packed water she walked to the waterhole.
Dotron’ łonh iłgima’ iholtsenh.
The raven turned himself into a spruce needle.
Tuk’a todigheghił łonh.
It fell into the waterhole.
Tr’aha tr’och’udełt’ighinh tsedeyo.
The girl who didn’t like boys went down there.
Tuk’a neneyo hwye’ił łonh it’iyats’ tu delo’ hinotsi hits’inh disney ts’e’.
She walked to the waterhole, then she got real thirsty, that never happened to her before.
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It’iyats tu k’at dihigh’in łonh dinoz’oya’ todighe’onh ts’e’ tu tasdinun’.
She got so thirsty she put her bucket in the water and started to drink water.
Hinotsi nits’inh dats’ hikogh tu k’at disney łonh.
She never got this thirsty before.
Dinoz’oya’ nech’onode’one ił łochu iłgima miyet todotele’.
When she lifted her pot there was a spruce needle in it.
K’agh tonoyghenił łonh yi’ił tu idinun’ ts’ihik’atkwl dihigh’in.
She poured it back in the hole because she didn’t want to drink water with it.
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Chu’ da łonh tu inoch’etsish hwye’ił chu’ da łonh iłgima miye notodighetonh.
She scooped up another water and the spruce needle floated back in there.
K’agh tonoyinił edinh iłt’e łonh miye notoyditesh.
She kept pouring the water back but the spruce needle kept going in the bucket.
Hwdijale ił łonh, “Dot’ane’e,” yiłne ts’e’ yodinun’.
Finally she said, “what is it doing,” and drank water with it.
Tu ghidinun’ dihtł’oghwnh dinoz’oya’ ye tu inoch’etsish ts’e’ dikayih hits’e’ notasdiyo.
After she drank the water she scooped up another bucket and walked home with it.
Tu dikwnotasdikonh ts’e’ łonh nin’ t’oh kayih hulanh di danatasdiyo.
She packed the water and went back to the underground house.
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Tu ghidinun’ dihtł’oghwne ił guga’ k’otałtash.
After she drank the water she was carrying a baby.
Midisnaka hiynohwnish łonh yi’ogh k’o’esdoy ts’e’.
Her parents knew she never walked around outside.
Guga’ it’anh łonh.
She had a baby.
Mitsech’al ił mits’uyda ił łonh it’iyats’ guga’ hwhetsin’.
Her grandpa and grandma really loved the baby.
Ts’eługh niyah łonh.
He was growing very fast.
K’o’edigars ts’e’ didyok.
He started to crawl around.
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Mitsech’al łonh sro ił no’oye ił isden ko’ dighoy’dighelo kwska nilanh ts’e’ hinohuhtonish ts’ihighne.
His grandpa had the sun and moon hanging on the wall so that they will know he was rich.
Yugh ye isden dighodighelo ts’e’ łonh guga’ k’o’edigars.
They were hanging on the wall when the baby was crawling around.
Ts’ełdi dranh łonh it’iyats’ taztrak ts’e’ hidodeniy.
One day he started to cry and couldn’t stop crying.
Mitsech’al łonh,
His grandpa said.
“Yada eko itrighinh’e,” yiłne.
“Why is he crying,”
It’iyats’ itrih ts’e’ notisdiyi’ ts’e’ yugh dighodigheloye ts’e’ ts’ulotitsish.
He was crying so hard he was choking and pointing at the things on the wall.
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Eyt hwye’ił łonh mitsech’al dide, “Ditsech’al heye sro k’a ine dide,” yiłne ts’e’ yimo noyghe’onh.
Then his grandpa said, “He wants his grandpa’s sun,” he said and put it down for him.
Dosji ko’ łonh yi’ił srudital’otł’.
He started to play with it on the floor.
Iłt’e łonh yede sro nakanołmis.
He was always rolling the sun on the floor.
Dranh ti iłt’e yi’ił srudil’oł.
Every day he was playing with it.
Dohiyudasdinet łonh eyde yan’ ił srudil’oł ts’e’ hik’at ts’e’ hiyk’a’elnech.
They started to leave him alone cause they found out he only wanted to play with the sun.
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Sro k’o’e’osh deno łonh nidats’o hi’ił tetighis’ole’e yude.
While he was carrying the sun he was wondering how he could take it out.
Chuda’ łonh ditsuyda ił notasditrak.
Again he started to cry with his grandma.
Iłt’e łonh ditsuyda mesruga’ ts’e’ ts’ulotitsish sro ił srudil’oł deno.
He was always pointing at his grandma’s bag while playing with the sun.
“Mesruk k’at ine dide,” hiyiłne ts’e’ hiylak’a hiyghełtonh.
“He wants the bag,” they said and put it down for him and gave it to him.
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Iłt’e sro mesruk ye no’i’osh.
He kept putting the sun in the bag.
Chuda’ notasditrak.
He started to cry again.
Yodigu dozdloye ts’e’ iłt’e ts’ulotitsish.
He kept pointing to the things on the wall.
Edinh sro yan’ hiylak’a no’i’osh.
But they kept giving him the sun.
It’iyats’ itrih dihigh’in k’wsjala mi’ił hwdedtł’ets’.
He was crying so hard he almost blacked out.
Eyt hwye’ił łonh, “No’oye hwt’al e yik’adideye,” hiyiłne.
Then they said, “Maybe he’s crying for the moon.”
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Uhdi’on hwnoyił ts’e’ łonh ts’eługh niyah.
As the days go by he kept growing.
Ts’ełdi dranh łonh chu’ notasditrak’.
One day he started to cry again.
Sro yan’ łonh yodigw doz’onh ts’e’ eyde chu’ k’at.
Only the sun was hanging on the wall and he wanted that.
Iłt’e yits’e’ ts’ulotitsish ts’e’ itrih.
He kept pointing at it and starts crying.
K’wsjala minnohdigheghił ch’etey itrih dihigh’in.
He almost blacked out because he was crying so much.
Mitsech’al łonh yimo noyghe’onh.
His grandpa put it down for him.
“Nude ine yik’adideye,” yiłne ts’e’ yilak’ayighe’onh.
He said, “This is what he wants,” and gave it to him.
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Yi’ił sruditalotł’.
He started to play with it.
Nich’idluk ts’e’ hisałye teno’idosh ts’e’ dana’idosh.
He would laugh and go in the porch and come back in.
Ditsech’al ił ditsuyda ił donh ił ghoyney’ghaznech deno lonh.
He was doing this while he watched his grandpa, grandma, and his mom.
“Dont’a tehesdal,” hude.
“Why don’t they go out,” he was thinking.
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Hiynolnik’ ts’e dihnagholt’a’ ts’e’ tehinedatł’.
They forgot about him and they all went out.
Dont’a himkwl hwghela’ yinezinh deno mesruk ye nohghelo.
I hope they’re gone he was thinking while he put everything in the bag.
Mada edinh dana’esdoy deno mesruk dit’ok’ do’iłtonh ts’e’ hisałye di’on te’edgisr.
While nobody came back he put the sack on his back and crawled out.
Eyt hwye’ił dotron’ inoholtsenh.
Then he turned himself into a raven.
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Mesruk ił nonet’wk edinh t’iyats’ nidos.
He flew off with the sack but it was really heavy.
Tsahw nonghet’wk t’anh di nononot’wk ts’e’ iłgima’ noholtsenh ts’e’ tuk’a nonododighił.
So he landed back in the same place where he landed when he first came and turned himself into a spruce needle and went into the water hole.
Ey hwye’ił hiytał’anh.
That is when they saw him.
Mitsech’al yinoghilnech ts’e’ yih dana’elgoch.
His grandpa remembered him and ran back inside.
Mikwl!
Gone!
Yih zidlo t’anhgho’ heye nich’i łonh kwl, srwn’ ił no’oye ił sro ił.
He was gone, what was inside the star, sun and moon were gone.
Dinagholt’a’ ts’e’ mikwl.
All was gone.
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Dihnagholt’a’ ts’e’ tenoghwshheldatł.
They all ran out.
Dotron’ łonh yodigw ts’ima k’its’ dozdo ts’e’ mesruk ye nohwla.
The raven was sitting on top of a spruce tree and was putting everything in the bag.
Eyt hwye’ił łonh nodo’ t’anhgho’ dotron’ yada ch’elanh inoho’iltseyinh zido ts’e’ hinoholnech.
Then they remembered there was a raven down river that turns himself into anything.
Mitsech’al t’iyats’ miyehwdolninh.
His grandpa got really mad.
“Mizis ch’igusja’ k’int’a ts’e’ midroda’ ts’inh yanh nilaninh,” sidina’ ghwnh nin’ k’idozyo dats’ ditoteł ts’ihighne.
“The scaly skin, skinny legs was born to my daughter so he would do a thing like this to me,” he said.
Dik’o’ ił ts’ełtin’ ił noy’ghałtrit yetołdish ts’ihighnet.
He grabbed his bow and arrow so he could shoot him.
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Dotron’ denohghełdatł’ ts’e’ nonet’wk mitsech’al yetałdish deno.
The raven packed everything before his grandpa could shoot him.
K’onat’oh ts’e’ nidahkogh ghwla’ nenat’wk da’ notolyish.
As he was flying, he would go so far and then take a rest.
Iłt’e yats’ dit’anh deno di kayih nonat’wk.
He kept doing that until he reached home.
Dikayih nonat’wk hwye’ił łochu ts’uk’wda tsełdinalgwt’.
When he reached home it was still dark.
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Kayih nighwnh nełdiya di donast’wk.
He landed close by a house.
Dilgak ts’e’ “dranh, dranh” neheye’ił hadohiydaznish.
He started cawing, “daylight, daylight,” that is when the people heard him.
Dina’ena hadohiydaznish ts’e’, “Dodeninh’e,” hiyiłne.
The people heard him and said, “What is he saying
“Doyonh ch’idinh zido ninh yan’ yant’aye it’anh deno.”
Only the chief in the other village has that.”
Eyt hwye’ił idenh ts’e’ hiyk’a’elnech.
Then they found out it was him.
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Iłt’e dilgak ts’e’ “dranh” ne łonh.
He was always cawing saying daylight.
Nonet’wk ts’e’ yughye, di kayih dana’elyo.
He flew and put everything in his house.
Dina ino’isdlanh ey hywe’ił.
Then he became a man.
Dimesruga’ ye ts’aynelo ts’e’ yo ts’e’ yidighenech.
He took everything out of the bag and released them into the sky.
Srwn’ dentsa yoko nene’onh.
He put the star in the sky first.
Ey hinotsi łide’ srwn’ kwl ts’e’ dihughe’a’.
Before that there was no star.
Dranh hulanh higoya łonh srwn’ ts’inh.
There was a little light from the star.
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No’oye chu’ yoko hits’e’ idighenech hwye’ił huzrunh ts’e’ hach’eldray’.
Then he put the moon in the sky and it got a little brighter.
Ch’wh tł’o ghwnh hiłde’ sro yoko nene’onh hwye’ił ch’ihugh’ots’inh hach’eldray’.
Last he put the sun in the sky and it got really bright.
Dina’ena it’iyats’ himił huzrunh ts’e’ mama hiyghwnh ch’iditalyo ts’e’ danach’ilyash.
The people got really happy and gave him all kinds of food.
Iłt’e mama danahilyash deno it’iyats’ ch’iyonh ts’e’ iłt’e ch’iyonh.
The people kept giving him food so he kept on eating and eating.
“Dont’a tiya mama danahilyay,” yinezinh.
“They should bring more food,” he was thinking.
Ts’i’in tiya’ mama hiyghwnh dana’ilyash deno ch’iyonh.
Then they kept bringing him more food and he kept eating.
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Huzrunh ts’e’ łonh hiy’de’onh hwye’ił, “Dotron’ inohozijitsenh da’ ine,” yinezinh.
There was a good sunshine when he thought, “I should turn back into a raven.”
Dotron’ inoholtsenh ts’e’ hwts’its’ananat’wk.
He turned himself into a raven and flew away.
Dranh hulanh.
There is daylight.
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No’oye hiylak’a ghe’onh.
They gave him the moon.
Dosji ko’ yi’ił srudital’oł.
He started to play with it on the floor.
Mesruk hiylak’a ghoghełnech hwye’ił iłt’e nich’idluk ts’e’ yugh ye yiye no’ilash ts’e’ ni’onh teno’idosh.
They gave him the bag then he was always laughing and kept putting the things in there and walk outside.
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Jezra
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Notehna tsuyda łonh hidalts’enh.
Once there were two old women.
Nełch’o’on dwhtso hit’anh.
Each had a cache of their own.
T’iyats’ hiyye mama dadinanełgwt’.
They had lots of food in them.
Ts’e’ yey łonh.
And then.
Nidats’ida hi’a k’wda ło tameł ił ghelhe’ łuk’a ihunala’ ts’i’e.
They used fishnets to get fish.
Nełch’o’on łonh dwhtso hit’anh.
They each had a cache of their own.
Yey k’wda hidalts’e ts’e’.
They stayed there.
Gwh zis ts’ida’ ił.
With rabbit skin blanket.
Gwh ihunala’ ghwlwk łonh chu’da ts’e’.
There were rabbits too.
Ywgh k’wda hidalts’e’ ghwlwk.
They stayed around there.
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Hwye’ił chu ts’ełk’inh jit lochu.
One day one woman said to the other.
“Hatsa ts’ełk’e dwhtso yan’ ye chi’its’whdeghwyon’ da’ hitl’oghwnh sidwhtso’ chuda da’ hwt’al dina’ił mama dina’ił detot’ał,” miyiłne łonh.
“Wait we will eat out of only one cache and then after that we can eat out of mine maybe that way food will last with us,” said one woman.
Hwye’ił chu menek’adohwdalyok łonh e tsuyda ghwlwk ts’ełk’inh.
The one woman fell in favor for that.
In łide’ ts’ełk’e dwhtso ye hwyan’ hits’inh ch’ihiyonh.
From then on they were eating only out of one cache.
Hwdijał hiyye ch’ihwdewyon’ łonh.
They finally finished everything from one cache.
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Hwye’ił chu mighonoch’iyełchił hwjit lochu yet hwye’ił. Idenh yan’ ch’u’.
Then the old woman who had planned it stopped giving food to the other old woman. The other old woman started getting weak.
Nitash ghwlwk hwye’ił idenh yan’ ch’iyonh łonh ts’iditast’an.
When she went to bed she started to eat by herself.
Didwhtso ghwlwk ye no’idosh ts’e’ ywgh łuk’a zis ihwye nich’i.
She would go in the cache for fish skin.
Ihwye ghwlwk ił iyonh.
She would eat the fish skin.
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Łuk’a zis mesruk k’wda t’iyats tishadinedalninh k’iditazne’ łonh hwye’ił chu nidots’ido nich’i chu dighwsdlah yude łonh.
The other old woman would eat scraps of food like fish skin and fishskin bag. She was getting weaker and started to think what she should do to the other old woman.
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Nonighis’ok da’ hwt’al sighoytołchilinh’e yude łonh.
The old woman was thinking maybe if I lied to her she will give me food.
Suje zis dighach ghelhe’ chu’ hit’anh ts’i’e eyde łonh ts’ananelo.
I guess she had marten coat so she brought that out.
Miłdił’anh tla’ łonh nonots’it.
The other old woman was asleep across from her.
Yaghile ye łide’ no’isditl’unh.
She put on some nice clothes.
Nizrune deloye yan’ ye no’isditl’unh łonh.
She put on only the nicest looking clothes.
Dinak’i ghile isditl’unh ts’idiholyok łonh.
She clothed herself like a man.
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In łide’ ch’imodzigha’ łonh chu’ yet naz’onh.
And then she told the punk to snore.
In’e dideloye tla’ ghelhe’ yet dina zitanh k’idihulok łonh.
With his clothes he made it look like somebody was laying there.
In łide’ ch’imodzigha’ łonh, “Ch’idinełguk!” iłne łonh.
Then she told the birch punk to snore.
Hwye’ił chu ch’imodzigha’ ghwlwk łonh ch’iditinałguk ets’ik.
Then the punk started to snore.
Deno tsetazyo.
While the punk was snoring she walked out.
Ywgh nidahkogh ye’ił nidoy neneyo k’idiyok ts’e’ hodidighot łonh.
Finally she pretended she walked to the door and brushed herself off.
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Hwye’ił chu ye tsuyda łonh ts’anezit hwye’ił chu dina hodidighot łochu ets’ik ni’ogh hits’e’.
When the other old woman woke up she heard a man brushing himself off from outside.
Nonan ts’ełk’inh eko hwneł’ane’ił nonots’ił lochu ch’idiniłguk.
When she looked across for the other old lady she was there snoring.
Hwye’ił chu ni’ots’ dina datazyo.
Then the man started to walk in.
Mada’e dideninh yinezinh łonh ts’e yeko hwneł’anh.
She was wondering who it was so she was looking for him.
Dina łochu ni’ots daghiyoł łonh.
Then a man was walking in.
Yonugh neneyo łonh ts’e’ yet nasdido.
He walked in and sat down.
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“Whoosh! Tadighisdinisk,” ne łonh.
“Whoosh! I am tired,” he said.
Mighne tsuyda k’otasditrit łonh.
For him the old woman started to move around.
Mama yaghile ye yighonełchut łonh.
She served him good food.
Dina ch’igheyon’ łonh.
The man ate.
“T’iyats nełzohw hits’inh di’istanh dine,” miyiłne łonh.
“I came from far away,” he told her.
“Simo kade noy’zełtsenh da’ hwzro.
“She told her she should make her food for the journey.
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Kade ghiji’ane ihwdisneje’ił.
I finished what I had.
Dohughełzrunh ts’e’ chu’ dihut’a di jo hik’anisjinech di’,” ne łonh.
It was really nice I found this place,” he said.
Ni’on tseno’ediyo łonh.
She walked back out.
Zigwne yaghile ye yudeye yimo dana’eldatl’ łonh.
For him she brought in what she thinks was a good dry fish.
Yimo mesruk ye ghelo.
She put it in the bag for him.
“Nu, nonots’ididinh ghwlwk chu tish adinh ts’ihi’ił didyoginh nonots’in’,” yiłne łonh.
“The other old woman had lost her strength,” she told him.
“Oh,” miyiłne łonh.
“Oh,” he said.
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“Hwndine’ił tohwdighezit da’ ine jochu ts’esh ghwtl’ok’wy’ ch’inaz’one ye nakotiskał dine,” miyiłne.
“When break up comes I will come back for you,” he told her.
“Ts’esh tl’okwy’ ch’inaz’one.
“In fancy looking boat.
Yonswgh ni’udinaldiy’ heye’ ghelhe’.
Maybe really fancy.
Ni’udinaldiy’ tr’esh yet nakotighiskał dine,” miyiłne łonh.
He will come back for her in a fancy boat,” he told her.
Ghu t’iyats ghile mi’ił huzrut ts’e’ didyok łonh.
She really got happy then.
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Tsuyda ghwlwk tsent’ogh, mwgh kade noyeltsene iyonh ghwlwk łonh tsent’ogh.
The old woman was eating the lunch that was made for her secretly.
Nonasditanh, noy’dinałguk hwjit deno dana’ediyo łonh.
The woman went back to bed, started to snore then she walked back in.
Ch’imodzigha’ ghwlwk iłt’e ghe’odi nenoyene’onh.
She put the punk back where it used to be.
Nonasditanh yet łide’ ghu ts’iłdi chigheyoninh ghwlwk łide’.
She went back to bed after she ate.
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Mich’ighwnh dranh nehwdalninh łonh.
It was spring again.
K’idi’onh ch’igheyon’ ts’ihi’ił łonh nonots’it.
She had already eaten.
Hwye’ił łide’ diginziyenh ghwlwk łonh.
Then she finally got up.
Yighoy’tołchil hwjit łonh.
She wouldn’t give her food.
Hwlek’it hwtołahdi yada ihulch’et.
To become spring was taking too long.
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K’wda hwlek’it hwye’ił ch’inohwdedon’ ghwlwk ghelhe’ chu’ mimo kade noyeltsene.
When spring came she ran out of food again which was made for her earlier.
Ghu nitl’is ts’ihi’ił dinodiyok henh łide.
She got her strength back.
“Kwda ine sekots’itokał dine,” miyiłne.
“Soon somebody will come for me,” she told her.
Yet hwye’ił lochu zigwne, nolaya gwnh nighalts’uts’ heye łonh mits’e’ yitaz’ut łonh.
Then the stingy woman threw her a real dried fish, it was real dry and hard.
Eyde ghwlwk in gheyon’ łonh.
She ate that one.
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Tiya nitl’is ts’ididyok edeno.
She was getting stronger.
“Ye yan.
“For nothing.
Nok’ots’itoskal.
You’re talking
Yan dohwdighanenłitsin’,” miyiłne łonh.
for nothing,” she told her.
De łonh edihi’ił.
But no.
“Yan ghelchu’e.
“For nothing.
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Sodatazełgwnh dihigh’in se ghelchu’e noninghis’oge,” miyiłne łonh.
You were going to starve me that was me who lied to you,” she told her.
Tsedohighwzit łonh t’iyats’ ghile.
Big argument began then.
Hwye’ił chu’da mekots’itokalinh nagh łochu droda’ k’ich’eltrinh łonh.
Then the stingy woman’s leg broke.
E łide’ idenh hot ghwlwk ni’o dwhtso yet hwts’inh ch’iyonh ghwlwk łonh.
Then the old woman started to eat from the cache.
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Nidahkogh hwye’ił chu jezra helanh ts’e’ łonh nech’ohinet’wk.
Finally they both became camprobbers and flew away.
In’e’ hikogh.
The end.
T’iyats nohighwsjizoch dine.
I really told a story.
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K'idi'onh Ts'inh Heye

K'idi'onh Ts'inh Heye
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Ywh di’onh ti łonh tsuyda zido.
Long ago there lived an old lady.
Minh mogh nin’ye kayih hul’anh di idenh yan’.
She lived along the edge of a lake, in underground house by herself.
Notsin tu eko ts’aneyo.
She went down for water.
Tuts’o goya do’oł ts’e’.
Carrying a small birchbark bucket.
Nona’ toyan’ ko’ hwneł’anh hwye’ił mada ghwla’ mits’e’ ghiyoł.
She looked up the river and saw somebody walking towards her.
Dikwno’isdiyo ts’e’ tsaynech donodaz’onh.
She walked back up and put kettle on the stove.
Misdogh ts’ana’ediyo ts’e’ yeko nohwnil’anh łonh hwye’ił lochu mughtsugh yoyoł.
She went back down to look for him when she saw him walking below her.
Gwh dighaja’ tłak’a’ nidighalnech t’iyats’ hondazch’ił heye.
He was wearing an old rabbit skin coat, really torn.
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“Nidogh gheyoł?” yiłne łonh tsuyda.
“Where are you walking?” asked the old lady.
“Yan yugh k’onisdosh,” miyił ne.
“I’m just walking around,” he told her.
“Tsaye noniłkun’dine,” ne tsuyda edinh nodigi hozyosh ts’ih k’adi’et’a’.
The old lady told him, “She warmed up some tea”, but he didn’t want to walk up the bank.
Si’ił di’etanh miyił ne łonh.
“Go with me,” he told her.
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“Aha,” ne ts’e’ nenoho’elyo.
She said yes and pack up.
Donish ił tł’ondikonezis ił noch’iłyił ts’e’ yighwnh neno’ediyo.
She grabbed her scraper and sewing bag and walked back out to him.
“K’wda he’,” yiłne.
“Ready,” he asked her.
“Sit’ok’ dozeyosh,” miyiłne ts’e’ in yats’ didyok.
“Get on my back,” he told her, so she done that.
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Hinot’wh k’idihut’a łonh mi’ił.
To her it felt like they were flying.
Tł’ondikone t’o yidighaja’ k’onoditałkon’.
With a needle she sewed his coat.
Dighełghih ts’e’ k’onoyidałkon’.
She sewed the whole thing.
Tsełdetinalgut hwye’ił “No’eyosh.
When it got dark he told her “to get down
Todighisdinik,” miyił ne.
I’m tired,” he told her.
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Nogheyo hwye’ił micho’ hwts’its’ayneyo.
When she got down he walked away from her.
Yugh hwneł’ane’ił lochu chinhko’.
When she looked around it was on a tundra.
Dichinh edine kwl ts’e’ ditoneł ts’ihkwl.
There were no stick around and she didn’t know what to do.
T’iyats tałyots.
It really started to snow.
Yit’o hwditołk’ole kwl ts’e’ ey nenghaltinh.
There was nothing to start fire with so she froze there.
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Dina Chwh
Giant
Yey ghelhe’ ghinał na dalts’enh łonh.
There was a married couple.
Notehna srakay hit’anh na.
They had two children.
Kwnk’a hidalts’enh dranhti.
They stayed home during the day.
Himonh gwh gwhnh dinch’inaztł’unh heye ti notidosh deno himto’ łide sritodihwł’anh.
Their mom check rabbit snares while their dad goes hunting.
Tsełdinelgut hwye’ił nohit’wsr.
They come home when it gets dark.
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Dihk’inaka ghwnh nedoy’hidi’osh łonh hanahitededidał deno, “Ołon tenwh datł’.”
Before they leave they talk to their children “don’t go outside.”
Hwch’o hwts’its’ahidił.
They go from them.
Himkwl hwye’ił łonh chela didadza’ di’iłne, “Yotsin tł’odog ts’ats’u’osr.”
When they were gone the boy told his younger sister, “Let’s walk down to the bank.”
“No’,” miyił ne en yotsin yi’ił ts’aneyo.
She said no, but he walked with her to the bank.
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“Tr’esh ye ts’udał,” didadza’ iłne łonh chu’ ey nihdidah hwye’ił.
“Let’s go in the boat,” he told his sister.
“No,” miyił ne.
She said no.
“Ts’elugh aha,” ne łonh chela ts’e notsin tsehidedatł’.
“Hurry,” said the boy, and they walked over the bank.
Tr’esh digihighe’ut ts’e’ hiyye ghedatł’.
They untied the boat and went in.
Nonsi hiyanełtrit.
They pushed out.
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Ts’e’ himił nech’otoy’netonh.
They started to float out.
Neghots’ukał k’adihit’anh edinh nodo’ himił toch’oteł.
They were trying to paddle ashore but they kept floating downriver.
Tsełdineghilgwł hwye’ił tomogh ghile łonh.
When it was getting dark they were near the shore.
Eyt hwye’ił nongw tł’odog dina nidizanh.
Then there was a man laying on the bank.
“Neghonwhkash,” hwłne.
“Paddle ashore,” he told them.
Hiyghwnh dikwzdatł’.
They walked up the bank to him.
Nin’ye kayih dahwnelo ts’e’ highoy’nełchut.
He took them to underground house and fed them.
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Hatsa higoya hwye’ił mił hidelo’.
In a little while they got sleepy.
“Nwhtash,” srakay ena iłne łonh dina chwh.
“Go to bed,” the big man told them.
Hiniljit en hinalyo ts’e’ homiłhimghelo.
They were afraid but went to bed and went to sleep.
Eyt hwye’ił dina chwh diginziyenh ts’e’ highwnh ney’nalenh.
Then the big man got up and snuck up to them.
Chela dentsa talnik’ hwtł’oghwn chu’ midadza’.
He swallowed the boy first then his little sister.
Eyt hitł’oghwnh homiłyighełghił.
After that he went to sleep.
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Noy’ghe’onh hwye’ił ghelhe’ nohedidatł’ himdisnaka.
After dark their parents came home.
Srakay ena kwl łonh.
There were no children.
Notsin tł’odog ts’ahine’otr’ hwye’ił lochu tr’esh kwl.
They walked to the bank and then there was no boat.
Nihihwlyah edinh no’łonh.
They searched but nothing showed up.
Ts’iyozra ye highedatł’ ts’e’ nech’ohinekanh.
They went in the canoe and paddled out.
Dranh ude hokał.
They paddled all day.
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K’wda tsełdetinalgut’.
It was getting dark.
Tomogh ch’ihnol’eł hwye’ił hwndinh jot tomogh tr’esh zitonh.
They were sneaking along the bank when suddenly there was the boat.
Neghoy’hinal’enh łonh.
They snuck up the bank.
Eyt hwye’ił nongwt hich’inghildrash nin’ye kayih hwts’inh.
Then there was a light from the underground house.
Nongi ney’hinal’en ts’e’ mikwn’ łit hodinodijut di dwh doziyo.
They snuck to the house and walked to the smoke hole.
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Yoygi hwneł’an hwye’ił noygit dina chwh digidodimit hen ch’idiniłguk.
He looked down the smoke hole and saw the big man laying down and snoring.
Nonoy’nol’enh ts’e’ di’ot, “Jot simo zedo,” iłne.
He snuck back and told his wife to wait for him there.
Yih day’nal’enh łonh sraye ghiłteł ts’e’.
He snuck inside carrying a knife.
Dina chwh k’ws k’iy’nanet’ots’.
He cut off the big man’s neck.
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Di’ot eko heyash ts’e’ yighwnh daneyo.
He called his wife and she walked in.
Nełts’ihidine ts’e’ hiymit’ kwnet’ots’.
They helped each other and cut open his stomach.
Dina chwh himdinaka talnik’ ts’e’ hik’ahelnech.
They found out the big man had swallowed their children.
Diyets’anahuhnelo łonh.
They took them out.
Nich’ihidlwk’ łonh him’ił huzrunh dihigh’in.
They were laughing cause they felt good.
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Tenohedidatł ts’e’ jo nin’ye kayih hakwn’ hidanetsish.
They walked back out and set the house on fire.
Notsin tr’iye nohodidatł ts’e’ nona’ hidikayih honohiyełlot.
They went back to the boat and went home.
“Jot hits’inh sritonozwhdidil,” dihk’inaka ił hide łonh.
“From now on don’t go out,” they told their children.
“Mada dentsa dide ts’e’ e nech’onwhkanh?”
“Who was first to say let’s go downriver?”
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Didadza’ ts’e’ hune’onh łonh chela.
The boy blamed it on his sister.
“Ninh dentsa didene dihigh’in ine ts’iye ghisyo,” yiłne.
“You said it first, that’s why I went in the boat,” he told her.
“Jot hwts’in oło dino’uhdiyok,” hwl hide himdisnaka.
Their parents told them, from now on, don’t do that again.
“Aha,” hide in łonh.
They said yes. That’s all.
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Nosdlaghe
Chinook Salmon
Yet ghelhe’ tsuyda diyelok henh zido.
There lived an old woman.
Michoya łonh chu’ mi’ił zido.
Her granddaughter also lived with her.
Dranh ti gaguł ti notidosh łonh tsuyda.
During the day grandma would walk and check her snare.
Michoya łide’ duł noditiddighash.
The granddaughter would backpack wood.
Eyt hitł’oghwnh yih zido.
After that she would stay inside.
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Ts’ah kon’ nighwnh hwye’ił ni’ots’ hwndinh dina mighwnh daneyo.
She was making sinew thread when suddenly a man walked in.
Tsaye yighonekonh.
She gave him tea.
Tsaye yighonekonh, zigwne ił.
She gave him tea and dry fish.
Eyt hitł’oghwnh hihinash.
After that they started talking.
Hiłts’in nehwdolzish łonh.
It was getting dark.
“K’wda ne tsuyda notsdoł,” yiłne łonh.
“Soon Grandma will come back,” she told him.
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Ditsuyda mo ch’ik’otałnech hwye’ił mitsuyda noghidoł ets’ik.
She started cooking for her grandma when she heard her walking back.
Yonugh toydzih k’ay dina nenaneł’enh łonh.
She hid the man in the corner.
Dane’ediyo łonh tsuyda,
Grandma walked back in.
“Dranh ude t’o’etanh deno ts’eługh ch’ik’ozełney?” dichoya iłne.
“What were you doing all day you never cook?” she told her.
“Ch’itey k’onisdinesh,” miyiłne.
“I work too hard,” she told her grandma.
Noy’ hodon hitł’oghwnh nonots’in nazdo.
After they ate she went back across the room and sat down.
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Ts’ah kon nighonh dwhno noy’dinedidlwh hwldon’ti.
While she was making sinew thread she would sometimes laugh.
Noy’ghe’onh łonh ts’e’ hinaztanh.
It got dark so they went to bed.
Dwhno nonots’in hwts’e’ nich’idlwk’ ets’ik diyuzałts’onh mitsuyda.
Her grandma would hear her laughing once in a while across from her.
Yełkone ił ts’ahinedak.
Morning came when they woke up.
Ditsuyda mo tsaye nodałtsenh.
She made tea for her grandma.
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Eyt hitł’oghwnh gaguł ti notasdiyo tsuyda.
After that grandma went walking to check snare.
Michoya łide’ duł eko.
Her granddaughter went for wood.
Hidighenech ts’e’ dana’ediyo.
She quit and walked back in.
Yedinh dina ił nohitasda’.
She started to talk to the man again.
Yich’ighełyon’ ts’ihi’ił en dohidighidino łonh dranh ude.
She fed him and they were talking all day.
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Edeno noch’ik’o’ełnesh ts’ihi’ił łonh.
While that was going on she never cooked.
Dina nenonaneł’enh mitsuyda noghidoł hwye’ił.
She hid the man when her grandma was walking back.
Ts’eługh ch’ik’otałnech łonh ditsuyda mo.
She started cooking fast for her grandma.
“Do’et’anh deno tsaye nenłkwn ts’e’,” dichoya ił ne.
“What were you doing the tea isn’t warm,” she told her granddaughter.
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Noy’hodon’ hitł’oghwnh nonots’it zido ts’e’ k’onoy’diłkon’.
After they ate she sat across the room and started sewing.
Hwl don’ ti nich’idluk’ łonh.
She would start laughing every so often.
Hinaztanh edinh tidzude noy’dinedidlwh ets’ik.
They went to bed but she would laugh all night.
Yełkone ił diginhizdatł’ ts’e’ ch’ihigheyon’.
Morning came she got up and ate.
Duł eko notasdiyo deno mitsuyda eyt zido.
She went for wood while her grandma stayed behind.
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Yonots’in dichoya yezdloyeti nwhtalyah.
She started to search in her granddaughter’s belongs.
Hwye’ił dinatse’ ey naz’onh.
Then there was a human head there.
Yinałyił ts’e’ diy’tł’ondikone t’o yinak’a nich’izgat.
She grabbed it and poked its eyeball with her needle.
Ni’on teyditinałninh.
She throw it out.
“Nughde he’e yighin sichoya k’o’esdiney ye.” yinezinh łonh.
It was cause of this my granddaughter don’t work she was thinking.
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Danasrots’iyenełtanh łonh ye nok’ołonh.
The granddaughter came back in.
Nonots’in mits’ida’ zidlo hw nazdo ts’e’ diy’mesruk ye k’ohula.
She went back to where her blankets were and started to look around in her bag.
Hwye’ił mi’ił tr’ohut’al łonh.
Then she started being sad.
“Tsaye ezrisr,” yiłne mitsuyda en ni’on teneyots’e’ tł’odok’ ts’atazyo.
“Drink tea,” her grandma told her but she went out and walked to the bank.
Noygw tin hiłde’ dił yan’ łonh.
There on the trail it was bloody.
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Tomogh ts’aneyo ts’e’ tuk’a neneyo.
She went to the bank and walked to the waterhole.
Ey hikogh hwyan’ łonh noygw dił hulanh.
There was only blood as far as the waterhole
Ey tohoy’dolghił en honotoyghełtanh.
She threw herself in the waterhold, but she started to float again.
Chu’ łonh tonohoy’dolghił.
Again she threw herself in.
Eyt hwyan’ di’ił dinish.
That’s all she knew.
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Hwdijał hwye’ił hik’ana’elnech.
Finally she came to herself.
Ch’itsan’ kok’ ił tanh łonh.
She was laying on the grass.
Diginziyenh ts’e’ noyugh tin hulanh hw tazyo.
She got up and started walking on a trail that was there.
Kayih hulanh di hwtał’anh.
She saw a house.
Ey hw hwts’e’ hahwdilzuł ets’ik ts’e’ ey hits’e’ tazyo.
There was noise coming from there so she started walking over there.
Nonets’in łonh nin’ ye kayih hulanh.
Upriver side there was an underground house.
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Eyt hits’e’ tazyo ts’e’ daneyo.
She walked over there and walked in.
Hwye’ił tsuyda goya yih zido, “Kwla chu’ do’et’anh sichoya?” miyił ne łonh.
There was a small grandma sitting in there, “What are you doing my grandchild?” she said.
“Dugh k’onisdosh,” ne in.
“I’m walking around,” she told her.
Tsaye yighonekonh, zigwne ił nonaldlide ił.
She served her tea, dry fish and ice cream.
Tsuyda ił tazdo’ łonh hiłts’in nehwdolzish dihigh’in.
She started staying with grandma cause it was getting dark.
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Hwye’ił cheł goya himghwnh daneyo.
Then a small boy came in.
“Tsuyda, hiłts’in da’ hutenodinech di hwtinoł’eł niłhide,” ne łonh.
“Grandma,” he said, “when it dark they want you to watch the fun.”
“Aha,” ne tsuyda.
“Yes,” she said.
Tsełdinelgut’ hwye’ił huzrunh ts’e’ no’isditł’unh.
When it got dark she dressed up nicely.
“Sichoya, si’ił di’et’anh.
“Grandchild go with me,” she said.
Dinanehwditołyoł ts’ihighne,” dichoya iłne.
“So we’ll be entertained,” she told her.
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Tehinedatł’ ts’e’ ni’on ch’idzis dit’anh hw hitazotr’.
They walked out and went to where the dance was.
Eyt dahinedatł’ hwye’ił hidelghosr ts’e’ nełilohilditł’.
When they walked in the crowd started to yell and clapping their hands.
Datsenetonh dihk’iz hinazdo ts’e’ yench’eldzes na hineł’anh.
They sat beside the doorway and watched the dancers.
Tohna chela łonh ch’idiniłdoh.
There were three boys playing.
Nok’ołonh hwts’e’ tsetast’onh hwye’ił dina mintsesh tinal’o henh tał’anh.
The girl turned her head towards them then she saw a man with a long nose.
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Minak’a chu’ ch’anch’isdigat en srosr intoh.
His eyes were poked out but he was playing drums.
“Nughdinh ło mik’a tohoy’dighisjighił henh,” yinezinh łonh.
“Was it for this person that I threw myself in the water?” she was thinking.
Deko’usdiyunh ts’e’ yigi nenat’onh.
She felt ashamed and put her head down.
Nohitasdidatł’ ts’e’ dih kayih danahedidatł’.
They left and walked back to their house.
Yełkone ił diginhizdatł’.
Morning came and they got up.
“Ni’ogh nik’int’a na ił k’onedosh,” mitsuyda yiłne ts’e’ teneyo.
Her grandmother told her, “Go out and walk around with your friend.” So she went out.
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Notsugh tinh kok’ yaldzudle ił sru’oł dit’anh łonh ts’e’ eyt hits’e’ tazyo.
There was a ball game going on out on the ice so she walked over there.
“Ninhch’i srudel’oł,” hiyił ne en ey nidizanh.
They told her, “You play too,” but she just stood there.
Hwye’ił cheł yełyił.
Then a boy grabbed her.
“Doghet’a joninh?” ne ts’e’ nin’ ko’ hi yeł ghił.
He said, “What’s wrong with this one?” and throw her on the ground.
Yihwts’in yizałghanh.
That’s how he killed her.
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Nikolai Hwch'ihwzoya'

Nikolai Hwch'ihwzoya'
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Nikolai Reader

Nikolai Reader
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K’onat’oghe
The First Airplane
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1924 ine tsahw k’onatoghe huzdlanh di.
The first airplane came in 1924.
Fairbanks hits’inh McGrath hits’e’ nanet’wk.
It flew from Fairbanks to McGrath.
K’oynałtoghinh ine Ben Eilson.
The pilot was Ben Eilson.
Misko Telida hits’e’ tazyo.
Miska went to Telida that day.
Dineje eko sritodihwł’anh.
He was out hunting moose.
Yoko’ hits’e’ dohwde ghwla’.
There was a rattling noise in the sky.
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Miska yodigw’ hwneł’anh kwye’ił k’onat’oghe tał’anh.
Miska looked up and saw the plane.
Osh ye nidizanh ts’e’ k’onot’oghe neł’anh.
He stood on his snowshoes and watched the plane.
Miska neljut edinh hwts’a’elgwy’ ts’e’.
Miska was frightened but he didn’t run away.
Dineje i’elagh ts’e’.
He didn’t get a moose.
Nilane adinh dikayih no’ediyo.
He went home that day with no meat.
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Mail
The mail
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Miska Deaphon ine mail k’ozdlo heninh
Miska Deaphon carried the mail
1930 hi’ił 1931 hi’ił.
in 1930 and 1931.
Miska ine łeka lone ghit’an’ heninh.
It was Miska who had a lot of dogs.
Notehina dina ts’ełk’e mi’ultwn’ heye łeka.
He had a team of twenty-one dogs.
Mileka mughdla’ ghiłghwł.
They pulled his sled.
Mughdla’ ye it’yats’ mail nidos heye.
The sled carried really heavy mail.
Miska nołeka tilash hw it’yats’ nełzo.
Miska’s mail route was real long.
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Lonestar Roadhouse hits’inh Big River hits’e’ tohdi nehwnyił łonh.
From Lonestar Roadhouse to Big River it took three days.
Trohdet’ih deno hiłde’ hi’ots’inh nehwnyił.
If it was bad weather it took longer
Hwlozrunh ts’ihulo’ mi’ultwn’ heye hikogh łide’ mugh hudikat łonh.
He was paid fifteen dollars a day.
Huchoh ts’e’ mugh hudikat.
That was very high pay.
1932 hwye’ił k’onat’oghe mail dinagholt’a’ ts’e’ k’otazdlo.
In 1932, the airplane began to carry all the mail.
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Łeka
Dog Teams
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Nidat’onh ti dina’ena łeka et’el ts’e’.
Long ago the people here didn’t have dogs.
Jisik ena dentsa łeka nayugh nenelo.
The white men brought the first dogs.
Dina’ena łeka hitinałyah.
The people started raising dogs.
Łeka notsi ch’idodedoye het’el ts’e’.
They had no lead dogs.
Dina hiłde’ dileka notsi ghilgwsh.
A man ran along in front of his sled.
Łeka chu’ mik’i ghidił.
The dogs followed the man.
Yats’ ine hwtł k’ohizdlo.
That is how the sleds were steered.
K’onalmoze huzdlane ił łeka hik’oy ts’e dihudiyok.
After the snow machines came, there were fewer dogs.
K’wda hwt’al łeka k’ahela ts’e’ dinohwtodineł.
Now there are no dog teams left, but maybe there will be one soon.
Ch’ildana łeka nohitinałyah.
Some people are beginning to raise dogs again.
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Malgasr
The First Steam Boat
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1892 ine tsahw tr’esh chwh Old Nikolai hazghił di.
The first steam boat came up to Old Nikolai in 1892.
Miska Deaphon mito Medfra hits’e’ tazhanh ts’iyozra ye.
Miska Deaphon’s father went down to Medfra in a canoe.
Tr’esh chwh ye idenh ch’i łonh.
He was in the steamboat too.
Tr’esh chwh k’o’eteyinh hwna’ hinots’hwnej.
The captain didn’t know the river channel.
Miska mito’ jisik ki’i’ heyash ts’e’ hinots’hwnej edinh hwrunh ts’e’ hwna’ hinohwnish.
Miska’s father didn’t speak English, but he knew the river channel well.
Hwna’ tu hik’ay.
The water was very low.
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Tr’esh chwh k’wsjala nuko’ nedinaltł’is.
The boat almost got stuck on a sand bar.
Hwdijał hwye’ił tr’esh chwh Old Nikolai neghił.
The steam boat finally reached Old Nikolai.
Hwshti’ad ey gheton’.
It was stuck there for the winter.
Mama ił hozghił łon.
The boat was carrying groceries.
Hwlek’it nehwdolninh hwye’ił nech’ono’edighił.
In the spring, it went back down the river.
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Old Nikolai
Old Nikolai
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1892 ine tsahw hwna’ dodts tochinlayinh nayugh hunigheł’an’.
The Russian Orthodox Priest came up the river in 1892.
Dina’ena tonzona hidochak dalts’enhdi hughdots’in hikogh łonh tr’esh chwh nedinaltł’is.
The Native people lived in a village beyond where the steam boat was stuck.
Nikolai Alexia doyonh nilanh ts’e’.
Nikolai Alexia was the chief.
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Miska Deaphon mitsechal.
He was Miska Deaphon’s grandfather.
Hondo’e tr’esh chwh nedinaltłis di hinagh kayin nohihdighonh Nikolai Alexia iłne łonh tachinlayinh.
The priest told Nikolai Alexia to move the village to the place where the steam boat was stuck.
Nikolai ił dina’ena ił ch’idinh hinagh kayih nohuhodighonh.
Nikolai and the people moved the village.
Nikolai hi’uzra’ hiłtsenh łonh.
They named their new village Nikolai.
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1918 hikogh ey hideghilts’e’.
They lived there until 1918.
Hikwl ts’e’dihudiyok.
The village isn’t there anymore.
Old Nikolai hi’uzra’ hulanh dine k’adet.
The place where it stood is called Old Nikolai now.
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Imo Didiyokdi
Sickness
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Dina’ena lonh ts’e’ dihughet’a’ dine Old Nikolai.
Old Nikolai had many people in it.
Miska Deaphon mitsech’al Nikolai Alexia, ine, ts’ihulo’na cheł ghit’anh.
Nikolai Alexia, Miska Deaphon’s grandfather, had five sons.
It’iyats’ imo nitł’is heye dihulok.
A very bad sickness came to the village.
Nidots’o ghwla’ dint’a ye imo dihulok.
Don’t know what kind of sickness came.
Nikolai midinaka tohina yetrughełagh.
Three of Nikolai’s sons died.
Dina’ena lonh na it’iyats’ didiyok di.
Many other people also died.
Ts’eługh himekodihudiyok hena.
They died very quickly.
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Nełk’adighidilinhdi
Big River Village
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Tochak’ hw nełdiya hw in nin’ k’i dozya Bobby Esai.
Bobby Esai was born near McGrath.
Didisnaka ił ey gheda’.
He lived there with his parents.
Donandinch’e hikogh nedanezit hwye’ił midisnaka yetr’ihighwlagh.
When Bobby was about eight, his parents died.
Nełk’adighidilinh di nedalninh.
Bobby went to live in Big River Village.
Dina’ena ey kayih hihwt’anh.
There were two Native families there.
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Ch’ukayih ił roadhouse ił hulanh.
There was a store and a roadhouse.
Hwshti deno dina’ena edał.
Wintertime, people came.
Ey hwyats’ Iditarod Trail hulanh ts’e’.
Big River Village was on the Iditarod Trail.
Ch’ildona Anchorage hwts’inh.
Travelers came from Anchorage.
Ch’ildona chu’ Nenana hits’inh.
Some came from Nenana.
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Mail nohitilghwch łeka t’o.
They were hauling mail by dog team.
Łek’a lone ghohidełt’a.
They use a lot of dogs.
Ch’ildona łide’ yan hadił ts’e’.
Some were just walking.
Osh ghohidełt’a tsetł dechah deno.
They use snowshoes when there’s lots of snow.
Nikolai ił Tochak’ ił dotik’ ine Nełk’adighidilinhdi.
Big River Village was between Nikolai and McGrath.
Kodet in dina’ena kwl eyt.
Now there are no more people there.
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Ch’ukayih
A Store
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Dina’ena Susitna hits’inh hena łon drodiya eko sritodihihwł’anh.
Some men from Susitna were hunting sheep.
Dina’ena Nikolai hits’inh hena ghwnh nehinedatł’ łonh Farewell.
They met some men from Nikolai at Farewell.
Susitna hits’inh hena łonh ch’ukayih ghwnohwhwlnich.
The Susitna men told about a store.
Ch’ukayih hulanh dine Susitna hide.
They said the store was at Susitna.
Nikolai hits’inh hena łonh ch’ukayih hits’e’ hik’at hide.
The people in Nikolai wanted to go to the store.
Hwshti nehwdalninh ts’e’ hwnighaltinh hwye’ił łonh Susitna hits’e’ hitazdatł’.
The next winter after freeze-up, they went to Susitna Station.
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Hodił ts’e’ hwtł nich’i hitazdlo łanh
They were walking and pulling sleds.
Rainy Pass hidotis hinedatł’.
They went through Rainy Pass.
Tats’uts’a ił tso’ ił suje zis ił łonh hiditazdlo hwlak’aditolyole.
Mink, beaver and martin skins were taken for trading.
Ts’ełk’e ch’izis łonh fifty cents hinzinh heye.
They were worth about fifty cents each.
Dina’ena łong ch’izis hulak’ahidighelo denk’a ił ch’ik’o ił mega ił ch’eko.
The men traded for guns, ammo and flour.
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Is Ił Łuk’a Dil’anh
Catching Fish with a Trap
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Nidadi’onh to ine łuk’a lonh ts’idihughet’a’.
Long ago there were lots of fish.
Dino’ena hiyghoditołt’a ts’ihkidigi.
More than people could use.
Is yet in gas dihghil’an’.
They use a fish trap to catch King Salmon.
Hwtseł in nełgh’ots’it mighwn.
The traps were on each side.
Ts’ima ts’andalt’izre t’o in ghidighon.
It was made from split spruce
Hwsh t’o hiytł’u.
They were tied together by spruce roots.
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Dech’ale tagh hinennalghił.
Poles were driven into river bottom.
Hwtseł in dech’ole inhiłchis.
The traps were tied to the poles.
Hwna’ highilywk ts’idihiylesh.
They made them as wide as the river.
Yonan in hwtseł none’o ts’idihiylesh.
The fence went all the way across the river.
Tagh in dina’ena k’o’edinesh.
The men worked in the water.
Hwldon’ti’ in himdrodighona’ hikogh ghile tu nal’on.
Some places the water level was high as their waist.
T’iyats’ in tu idle nelanh.
It was very cold water.
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Gas
King Salmon
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Gas t’iyats’ lonh is yet.
Many King Salmon were caught in the trap.
Is yet ts’ahiynelo dina’ena.
The men took the fish from the trap.
Dikwnohiyelyo.
They packed them up the bank.
Todit’os en ch’itiy noghino.
They will be cut, but they are too fresh.
Nok’ołonh’ena tł’uł hiyti tinazgisr.
Ladies put rope through them.
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Tł’uł higwsja’ ti nitingisr.
They put the rope through the gills.
Łuk’a t’iyats lonh tł’uł ko’.
Lots of fish on the rope.
Tagh tonohiylash.
They put it back in the water.
Yats’ dint’a ts’i’in nayił.
It stays overnight like that.
Yiłkosh hwye’ił in nok’olonh ‘ena hiyt’os.
When morning comes the ladies cut them.
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Łuk’a Tse’
Salmon Heads
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Yats’ nihiytint’os in gas tse’.
The heads were cut off the salmon.
Tł’uł ghohiydinghelash in.
They were strung on ropes.
Hwna’ tohiynilash tinołjit ts’ihighne.
They put it back in the river to rot.
Hwldon’ ti’in yada ghwla’ ye hiyniłjit.
Sometimes they were put in kegs to rot.
Hiynidlatr ts’e’ hiyyonh.
They boil them and eat it.
Hwldon’ti chu’ yats’ dint’a ts’ik’wda.
Sometimes they were like that.
Ha midokok ts’idinesh nidlatr deno.
Oil came to the top when the heads boiled.
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Hał ts’oja’ t’o hiydokok’ dihwł’anh.
They use clam shell to scoop the grease from top.
Dineje lusis in ye nihiyywtł’ ts’e’ hiyiłgwnh.
The oil was put in moose bladder.
Dineje lusis yet nihiynił ha.
In moose bladder they pour the grease.
Hwshti hiyyonh jija ił.
They eat it in winter time.
Hwldon’ chu’ nemaje hiy’ił nodiłtsesh, ch’itsegha’ ił łuk’anot ił shisr gha’ ił dineje gha’ ił nełtoy’hinił.
Fishhead oil and powdered fish were mixed together with bear fat and moose fat.
Nemaje nizrune nodiltsesh.
It made very good ice cream.
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Gas ił K’un Ił
Whole Salmon and Salmon Eggs
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Hiyone ine k’un’.
Salmon eggs are eaten.
Hwldon’ ti’in hiynilgwn.
Sometimes they were dried.
Hwldon’ ti chu’ tuts’o yet nin’ t’ogh ts’idikiylesh.
Sometimes they were put in birch basket and buried.
Luk’a nich’in lodelt’a ts’e’ nin’ t’ogh ts’idikiylesh.
Fish too they bury them whole in baskets.
Hik’a hahihwlahw.
They dig a pit.
K’esh hiyet ts’idihihwlesh.
They line the pit with birch bark.
Gas in hiycho ts’ach’ela.
Salmon are gutted out.
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Hoholyodi hik’ohiyla.
They put them in the pit.
Nełk’its’ in dodinalgwt’.
They are put on top of each other.
K’esh chu’ kiyk’its’ dono’ilash.
Then it is covered with birch bark.
Hwshti deno in ts’anahiylash.
They bring them back out in the winter.
Litł’isr ts’i’in hiyyonh.
They eat them, uncooked.
Hwldon’ ti chu’ hiydlatr.
They sometimes boil it.
Mihwltsinh en linish.
They smell, but they taste good.
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Łuk’a Itsohił’onh
Storing Fish
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Hwldon’ ti’in łuk’a igwnh.
Sometimes fish were dried.
Ch’itogwnhdi hihwłtse dina’ena.
The men built a drying rack.
Eyt in zigwne dighonohidighelyash nok’olonh’ena.
Here the ladies hung the fish.
Hwlozrunh dinch’emik’ide hikogh in nayił deno ine huzrunh ts’e’ igwnh.
It takes about two weeks to dry the fish.
Iłt’e in łuk’a dighonohidighelyash.
They always keep hanging fish.
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Iłt’e in chu’ zigwnh heye nonohilyash.
They take the dried ones out.
Srakay’ena hiłde’ iłt’e hiyts’e’ hwdałjit.
The children keep the smoke going constantly.
Zigwne in nin’ t’ogh inetsohe’osh.
The dried fish were stored underground.
Hwldon’ ti’in nehiynił’esh.
Sometimes the cache was hidden.
Hwshti da’ hiyghodito łt’ał ts’ihighnet.
This was to protect the winter food store.
Dihch’i zigwne int’esh ts’ihk’at kwl.
They don’t want their dried fish stolen.
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Sritodihwt’onh
Hunting
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Łuk’a eko hil’anh hitł’oghwnh ine sriłtodihwt’anh chu’.
After fishing next was hunting.
Digheloye ts’e’ nohitididał noyugh hits’inh.
From around here they walk to the hills. (Alaska Range)
Yan hodił ts’e’.
Just by walking.
Ch’ihoghał ts’e’
They had backpacks.
Łeka nich’i’in k’onch’iheghash.
Even the dogs had backpacks.
Dineje ił midzish ił drodiya ił diyhił’anh.
They would kill moose, caribou and sheep.
Nilane hiłgwnh.
They dry the meat.
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Ch’izis nich’i nenohidilyash.
They save the hide too.
Negadoye hiyghonh ts’ihigh’in’ede.
They make skin boats out of them.
Tok’e edine dinch’e edine dineje zis in negadoye iltse.
It takes about three or four skins to make a boat.
Neł inhiydiniłkosh ts’e’.
They sew them together.
Negadoye yet nilane dahidiniłgwch.
They fill the skin boat with meat.
Yodo’ him’ił notch’ela dihkayih hits’e’.
They float back downstream to their houses.
Nełzo hwts’inh ch’ildona.
Some come from far away.
Sleetmute hw dodo’ hits’inh hi’ił.
Some came from Sleetmute.
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Nilane
Fresh Meat
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Hwnghiltesh dihitł’oghwnh dine’ena nilane eko sritoaihihwł’anh.
After freeze up, the men hunted for fresh meat.
Dineje ił midzish ił ch’eko.
For moose and caribou.
Tso’ nich’i’in edinh tso’ chwh tsehidiłney ts’e’.
Even beaver, but they never kill the big ones.
Ch’ikudiya yan highonh.
They only kill the middle-size beavers.
Edeno hiłde’ tso’ dinagholt’a’ ts’e’ hisghonh.
That way they don’t catch all the beavers.
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Tu t’on hidikayih dalts’enh.
They stayed in the pond in their houses.
Shisr eko hi’ił sritodihihwł’anh.
They also hunted for bears.
Shisr hik’a dalts’enh hw’ heko nihwhwlyah ts’e’ hiyił ch’idiłtstł’.
They look for bear dens and when they find them they shoot them.
K’odet hiłde’ srito hik’at edinh hats’hadinh.
Now when you want to hunt you can’t do it.
Hwniye ghoyneghaznej’in hulanh ts’e’ dihudiyok.
Now there are hunting laws and game wardens watching.
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Nilane
Meat
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Dina’ena nilane yan higheyon’ dine.
The people always ate meat.
Hwy’ts’in’ nehwdetelzesh deno yongi digheloye ts’e’ hitidił.
When winter arrives the people walked to the hills. (Alaska Range)
Sritodihihwł’anh dineje ił midzish ił drodiya ił shisr ił ch’eko.
They hunt for moose, caribou, sheep and bear.
Hwshti highnet nilanegwnh highonh.
They make dry meat for the winter.
Dina’ena dinagholt’a’ ts’e’ nełts’ihidine.
All the people help each other.
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Dineje zis t’o chu’ negadoye highonh.
They make skin boat out of moose hide.
Tok’e ch’izis łide ts’ełk’e negadoye ghinet.
Three skins make one boat.
Nilane chu’ negadoye yet nohilash hidikayih hits’e’.
They load the skin boat with meat, for the trip home.
Dina’ena dinagholt’a’ ts’e’ nilane nichoghe hit’anh.
All the people have lots of meat.
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Ał Ne’ilyash
Trapping
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Hwsnti ine oł zidlo
Trapping was done in the winter.
Ey deno in k’anahodinilyash.
The fur is thicker then.
Dina in di’ot ił srakay’ena ił hwłtsije sritohedał ch’itse’ał ił.
The whole family went.
Hwtł ye in hihwla.
They load the sled.
Donannotek’a łeka ch’idohidelash.
They hook up about seven dogs.
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Ch’itiy tsetł’ deno łeka notsi ghiyoł dina.
When snow is deep the man walked in front of the dogs.
Osh yet ghiyoł.
Walk in snow shoes.
Nok’ołonh hwtł k’i ghiyoł hwldon’ ti.
Sometimes the woman walked behind the sled.
Osh ye ghiyoł diguga’ ghighał ts’e’.
She walked in snow shoes packing the baby.
Hwldon’ ti’ hwtł dogh ghilzwł dina skis t’o.
The man would sometimes ski alongside the sled.
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Minh K’its’ Ch’ighilduda Eko Ts’il’anh
Lake Fishing
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Yodeno’ k’its’ łuk’a’ eko ts’ii’anh.
We start fishing in February.
Łuk’a eko Tonełkwn’ Mina’ ghwnots’ididił.
We go to fishing lake.
T’iyats’ minh dechoghe.
Really big lake.
Ts’ełk’e jise łotoch’ighwł hwye’ił in ey nits’idił.
It takes one hour to get there.
Yona’ nech’its’iniłmis.
We drive up there.
Łek’a ghots’idighełt’a’ k’onalmoze kwł ts’idihughet’a’ di’onh.
We used dogs when there were no snow machines.
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Kade ts’it’onh.
We take lunch.
Aluminum foil nich’i’in ts’it’anh.
We also take aluminum foil.
Miye chi’ghilduda ik’ots’itołneye.
We will cook pike in it.
Hwldon’ ti’in jił t’o.
Sometimes by cooking stick.
Mikwnech’ol’o ts’e’ it’as.
We put the stick over the fire and fry the fish.
Dina’ena hwłtsije łuk’a’ eko hil’anh ts’ihik’adihet’a.
Everybody used to go fishing long ago.
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Tonełkwn’ Mina’
Fish Lake
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Tonełkwn Mina k’its’ łuk’a eko ts’il’anh ts’ihk’adits’e t’a.
We like to go fishing at fishing lake.
Tu it’iyats nełkwn’.
The water is really clear.
Tomogh highwnsugh ts’inhidizrinh.
They make holes close to shore.
Dina’ena in tok’e edinh dinch’e edinh hikogh ts’inhidizrinh.
The men make about three or four holes.
It’iyats’ k’o’enesh nichoh.
Lots of hard work.
T’iyats’ tinh diditonh.
Really thick ice.
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Ch’ighilduda dits’ił’anh.
We catch pike.
Hwldon’ ti’in ts’ełk’inh dina hikogh ch’ighilduda dits’ił’anh.
Sometimes we catch as many as twenty or more pike.
Hwldon’ ti’in chu’ yan.
Sometimes nothing.
Dina’ił tr’ohut’ih łuk’a its’ isdlay deno.
We feel sad when we don’t catch any.
Edeno in ts’itołt’aze kwl.
Then we don’t have any fish to fry.
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Tilaya Tameł
Whitefish Nets
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Tilaya eko tay’highałnech dine tinh t’ogh.
For Broad Whitefish they put net under ice.
Tok’e di ghile ts’inhidizrinh.
They make three holes.
Tameł łide’ tohinadina hikogh ghile ditaghol’o’.
The net is about thirty feet long.
Tameł ghwn nełch’ots’in łide’ tł’uł hin’isdichis.
It has a long rope on each side.
Ts’ełk’e tł’uł dichinh i’isdichis heye t’o łide’ ch’ikinh ts’idodizronh di nehiyghiłnish.
One rope is tied to a stick they use another stick to maneuver it around.
Tay’ghałnech heninh łide’ tł’uł ił tinish.
The one who has fish net pulls the rope.
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K’wda hiyan’ ts’idodizronh di neyhiyghiłnish dichinh t’o.
He pushes the stick under the ice to the last hole.
Tameł łide’ tamełdilisr mighwnh dazdlo yodigw’.
The net has floats on the top.
Yoygw’ łide’ tamełtsa’.
It has sinkers on the bottom.
Tł’uł tameł ghwnh nełch’ots’in heye łide’ dichinh in’isdichis.
Each end of the net is tied to one stick.
Dichinh hiłde’ łats ko’ hinendaz’o.
The stick are pushed into the mud.
Dichinh chu’da tinh ghwdigw’ hondaz’o mit’o tameł honoghilniye.
The stick is above the ice used to pull the net out.
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Sajila
Whitefish Catch
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Yiłkos deno in k’onalmaze nots’itighiłnash.
Every morning you start the snow machine.
Hwna’ in tameł nots’inil’anh.
We check the net on the river.
Natehna in tameł nanil’esh.
Two people check the net.
Ts’inhidizrinh.
They open the ice hole.
Ts’ełk’inh tameł ił notinish.
One person pull the net.
Tameł ił noghinish henh łuk’a diyets’a’ela.
The one who pulls the net take fish out.
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Yi’ot henh eko heyash.
He calls for the other person.
Eydinh in tł’uł ił notinesh.
That person pulls the rope.
Tameł tinh t’agh ts’idinodinesh.
The net goes back under the ice.
Mi’ił tanyidazoye tannadiditsih.
The poles are put back in place.
Tameł lone tazidlo.
Lots of nets are set.
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Hotoledi
Salmon River
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Hotoledi ine gas eko ts’il’anh ts’ihighne huzrunh di.
Salmon River is a good place to fish.
July k’its’ deno ne edał.
They come in the month of July.
Tish k’its’ in dino zido.
A man stands on top of the hill.
Łuk’a ekp hwneł’anh.
He looks for fish.
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Dasdik’izre tagh tił’esh deno ho’izrił.
When he sees something red in the water, he hollers.
Dina’ena dinaghalt’a’ ts’e’ ey hogwsh’iłdał.
All the people come running.
Łił hiyeko tazdlo.
They fish with rods.
Dinch’e hikogh edine in i’ilah ts’ełk’inh hwldon’ti in yan.
They catch four fish sometimes nothing.
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Nune Itrih

Nune Itrih

Tildzidza Diz'a Ch'idogheltanh

Tildzidza Diz'a Ch'idogheltanh
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Tildzidza Diz’a Ch’idoghełtanh
The Mouse Saves His Uncle
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Tildzidza łonh di’ot ił kayih hidalts’enh.
There was a mouse who lived in a house with his wife.
Hididin’aka ił naygw nin’ t’oh hidalts’enh.
They lived together with their children underground.
Nidoy hits’inh yan’ łon yih day’nighaldray’.
Light only came in through the doorway.
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Yonan notenetonh łonh tsuyda zidodi.
There’s a path going across to where an old lady lived.
It’iyats’ mama nizrune ey ts’e’ hino hwnish łonh tildzidza ch’ito’.
There was a lot of good food there and the father mouse knew it.
Iłt’e łonh sritodihwł’anh.
Everyday he goes out and hunts.
Yełkonh ts’e’ łonh diginziyenh ts’e’ teneyo.
The next morning he got up and went out.
Yonan noneyo łonh kayih hits’e’.
He walked across to the house.
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Toydzihk’ay dosji t’oh hits’inh hogheyo łonh.
He came up in the corner of the floor.
Dost’an ts’e’ nełk’ats’ hwneł’anh ts’e’ ch’uzałts’onh.
He stops and looks both ways and he listens but…
Edinh dohwdisna’.
But it was quiet.
K’odenełde’ yugh hwtinghił’eł yinezinh łonh.
Now is my chance to look around, he was thinking.
Nełk’ats’ notilgwsh deno ch’uzałts’onh.
He kept running around back and forth while listening.
Nutdodigi ine hotighisyoł yinezinh łonh.
A stool was sitting there so he looks and looks at it.
Mik’idits’izdoye ey daz’one neł’anh.
This is the way I’ll go up, he was thinking.
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Doltłot ts’ihik’adit’anh heye’ił doltłit.
He was trying to jump up when he made it.
Nemaje tał’anh łonh ts’och yet zikone.
He saw ice cream that was in a bowl.
Yits’e’ taltłit. Nemaje nizrune tisyeł yinezinh.
He jumped toward it. He was thinking, he will eat a good ice cream.
Yitazyon’.
He started eating it.
Ch’iyonh ts’e’ iłt’e ch’iyonh heye’ił noy’nasdon’.
He kept eating until his stomach was really full.
Mimit’ ye day’dinalgut’, ghelhe’.
His stomach was really full, I guess.
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Idzige!
How scary!
Nidats’o hi’ił nonotighisjitłił yinezinh.
How will I jump down, he was thinking.
K’oyney’ tasdizit.
He started to worry.
Nidats’o hi’ił yoyge di, yinezinh.
How am I going to jump way down there, he was thinking.
Mik’idits’izdoye tał’anh ts’e’ yits’e’ taltłit.
He saw a stool setting there and ran to it.
Nonoghiltłit.
So he jumped down.
Sikayih hits’e’ notighisdoł, yinezinh.
I’ll walk home he was thinking.
Dosji t’oh yinot’anh di hits’e’ notaltłit.
He ran to the hole in the corner.
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Oho’!
Haa!
Sidin’ak’a mo t’anhgho’ mama eko tazisyodi, yinezinh.
I was starting to get food for my kids, he was thinking.
Ch’its’inodazyo łonh.
So he started to turn around.
Mama hulanh di neno’ediyo.
He went back to where there was food.
Dichinh łonh ey daztonh ts’e’ yik’its’ dotaltłit.
There was a stick there so he hopped on it.
Yoygit łochu miz’a zido.
Down there his uncle was sitting.
Siz’a, do’et’anh? ne łonh.
Uncle, what are you doing? he said.
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Yits’e’ tazzreł łonh.
He started to holler at him.
Mama eko nut nenisyo heye’ił ał yet dighisjininh.
I came here for food when I fell in a trap.
“Mada ghwla’ ney ne’onh heye ał,” ne łonh.
“Somebody set the trap,” he said.
“Sits’i’ennesh nidats’o hi’ił ghwla,” ne łonh.
“Help me somehow,” he said.
“Nidats’o hi’ił diyets’anatighiłtalinh,” yinezinh.
“How will I get out,” he was thinking.
Yineł’anh.
So he was looking at him.
“Oho’! Oho’!
“Haa! Haa!
Atsa, Sildon’ eko notighis doł,” yinezinh.
Wait, I’ll go for my family,” he was thinking.
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Notasdiyo ts’e’ dildon’ ena iłdighene’.
He went home and told the rest of his family.
Ch’idine dichinh chu’ ey daztone nohidanetsish.
There was another stick there which they put in place.
Ts’ełk’inh ch’elanh ts’e’ dichinh loy nehinedatł’.
One by one they got on the end of the stick.
Himto’ chu’ dichinh loy nidizanh.
Their dad was at the other end of the stick.
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Ts’ełk’inh łonh yiyegheyo.
First, one went in there.
Mito’ yilo’ utwn’ deno ch’idininh ey neneyo.
Father was holding his hand as another came up.
Nełlo’ huditwn’.
They were holding each other’s hands.
Yaygit heninh łide’ diz’a uznech.
The one near the bottom of the can took hold of his uncle.
Huzrunh ts’e’ yuznech.
He took a good hold of him.
Himiz’a łonh, “Diye ts’anasenuhłtash,” ne.
The uncle said, “Pull me out.”
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Hothw łonh hiy’iłtaznech.
Then they carefully pulled him.
Neł’iłhitidnish.
They were pulling each other.
Hwdijale’ił łonh honohiyghegisr.
Then they finally pulled him up.
Hothw łonh dichinh k’its’ nonohodidatł’.
They carefully started down the stick.
Nełhuditwn’ łonh himi’ił huzrunh ts’e’.
They hugged each other for joy.
Himnak’a hi’ił dantudinalminh łonh hidiz’a ch’idonohighełtanh dihigh’in.
They were so happy that they had tears in their eyes because they had saved their uncle.
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Nohitasdidatł’.
Then they started back.
Himiz’a himighoditazne’ łonh.
Their uncle started to give them advice from his own experiences.
“Ch’inuh’eshda’ yats’ ine dituhneł,” hwłne.
“See there, if you steal, someday you will get punished,” he was saying.
That's all.
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Tinde Ts’iyozra’

Tinde Ts’iyozra’
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K’wda shanh ts’e’ dwhtoneł.
Minh ił hwna’ ił tinh miko’ kwl shanh deno.
Shanh deno ts’iyozra ye k’o’ edikash ts’e’ mi’ił huzrunh.
Soon it will be summer. In summer the lakes and rivers are not frozen. Tinde likes to go canoeing in the summer.
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Etra Tinde noghwł k’esh lotr’eya’ t’o ts’iyozra tałtsenh.
Tinde t’iyats’ mi’ił huzrunh.
K’o’ dełde’ idenhhot ts’iyozra tot’eł.
Etra will show Tinde how to make a canoe. It will be a birch bark canoe. Tinde is very excited. Now he will have his own canoe.
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Dinch’e dezrune ko’ hits’inh ch’ilotr’esh dihinlok.
Etra and Tinde are peeling the bark from four good birch trees.
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Tu ye tohiydighelo notołtrił ts’ihighne.
They are putting the bark in the water to soften it.
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Hik’amogh nidaz’oye dentsa higheghonh.
Now Etra and Tinde are making the gunwales.
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Eythitł’oghwn Etra yighwts yiye dighelo.
Mighwts notek’a ch’ilots’ela’ indaghełdik heye łonh tselk’e ch’ika’ ts’ihikogh neydilash.
Mighwts ghoda ts’iyozra todich’it.
Now Etra is putting the ribs in the canoe. The ribs are two fingers wide. The ribs are one foot apart. The ribs will make the canoe strong.
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Nok’ołonh ena łonh himo k’esh hihdinełkosh hwsh t’o.
The women are sewing the soft bark to the gunwales. They are sewing the soft bark with spruce roots.
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Tinde tsa dił’ane ts’iyozra ye ts’ełdi nenodinilyash.
Tinde is collecting many stones.
Ts’iyozra tinalglwt’ ts’e’ netenghohk’wrs ts’ihighnet.
He is putting the stones in the canoe. The stones will keep the canoe in shape.
Yats’ dint’a ts’e’ hwhozrunh dihkogh nenaneyoł.
Etra and Tinde leave the stones in the canoe for ten days.
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Anna toch’o hit’sinh ts’ima dzagha’ dił’anh.
Noz’oye noyiditłwh.
Tuts’o ine noz’oye yel’ane.
Anna is in the woods. She is getting spruce gum. She is putting the gum in a pot. The pot is made of birch bark.
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Etra ił Tinde ił ts’iyozra ye tsa ts’anahidinanelo.
Eyt hitł’oghwnh yiginohiydaztonh.
Now Etra and Tinde are taking the stones out of the canoe. They are turning the canoe over.
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Nok’ołonh ena hiydzah k’onodalkon’ hw ts’ima dzagha’ t’o’.
The women are sealing the seams of the canoe. They are sealing the canoe with spruce gum.
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Ts’iyozra litsenh.
Now the canoe is finished.
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Tinde ts’iyozra mi’ił nizrunh.
Hwtił’ey hw yiye k’otodikash.
Tinde likes his new canoe. Tinde will explore many strange places in his new canoe.
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Tok'e Shisr

Tok'e Shisr
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Tok’e Shisr
Three Bears
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Ts’ełdi łonh tok’e shisr kayih dalts’enh na.
One day three bears were staying home.
Ts’elk’inh łonh t’iyats’ nichoh heninh ch’ito’ shisr,
One was a real big bear, he was the daddy bear.
ts’elk’inh hik’ay ts’e’ digholts’itł’a heninh łide shisr ch’onh,
One was a smaller bear, she was the mama bear.
ts’ełk’inh chu’ nits’itł’aye shisr ch’igoya.
One was a small bear he was a baby bear.
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Ts’och chuh łonh ey ch’ito’ shisr heye. hik’ay ts’e’ heye ts’och łide’ shisr ch’onh heye. dets’itłaye ts’och łide ch’igoya shisr ts’oja’.
There was a big plate there belonging to daddy bear. The medium size plate belonged to mama bear. The smaller plate belonged to baby bear.
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Ts’ełdi łonh ch’ihitazyonh edinh mama nalkwn’.
One day they were going to eat, but the food was hot.
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Yi’ogh k’ohitasdidatł’ łonh mama nalkwn’ dihigh’in.
They were going to walk outside because the food was hot.
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Himikwl deno łonh mitsegho’ diltsuh heninh tr’aha yi’ogh srudil’oł ts’e’ tadodinik.
While they were gone a golden haired girl was playing outside when she got tired.
Nidoy hilodilninh edinh no mada edinh ts’ahetoyał.
She knocked on the door, but no one answered.
Dina ena kwl ts’e’ yih daneyo.
There was nobody there, but she went inside.
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Umm! Mama huzrunh ts’e’ ihwlts’inh yinezinh, łonh.
She was thinking the food smelled good.
Mama ts’och chuh yede ts’inh ch’ighelesh edinh, “Ch’etey nalkwn!” ne łonh.
She tasted food from the big plate, but she said it was too hot.
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Ey hitł’oghwnh łonh ts’och hik’ay ts’e’ didaghełts’itł’aye yet heye chu’ ts’inh ch’igheyonh edinh, “Ch’etey idley.”
After that she tasted some from the medium size plate, but it was too cold.
Ts’och goya yet heye łide gheyon’.
She ate what was in the small plate.
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Yats’in yih łonh chu’ daneyo heye’ił łonh tok’e mik’its’dots’dalts’ene yih dazdlo.
She walked into the next room, there was three chairs there.
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Dechoghe łide k’its’ dinazdo edinh, “Ch’etey didilisr.”
She sat on the big chair but it was too hard.
Ch’idine łonh chu’ k’its’ dinazdo edinh ch’itsudza’ k’int’a.
She tried another chair but it was like a feather.
Dets’itł’aye chu’ k’idonazdo heye’ił hodoltrinh.
Then she sat on the smallest chair when it broke.
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Tr’aha t’iyats’ miłdelo’ ts’e’ yodigi hotseztonh hu’ dozyo.
The girl got really sleepy so she walked up the stairs.
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Eyt heye’ił łonh tok’e mik’its’miłdits’ił’ane tał’anh.
Then she saw three beds.
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Ts’ełk’e dechoghe k’its’ dinaztanh edinh, “Ch’etey didilisr.”
She laid down on the big bed, but it was too hard.
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Shisr ch’onh heye k’its’ chu’ naztanh heye’ił łonh, “Ch’itsudza’ k’int’a.”
She tried the mother’s bed and said, “This is like a feather.”
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Shisr goya heye chu’ k’its’ naztanh heye’ił homiłyighełghił.
She tried the baby bear’s bed then fell fast asleep.
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Ey heye’ił łonh shisr ena hidikayih hits’e’ nohitasdidatł’ ch’ihtoyeł ts’ihighnet.
Then the bears started to walk home to eat their food.
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“Mada simama’ ghelesh?” ne łonh ch’ito’ shisr.
“Who tasted my food?” said papa bear.
“Mada simama’ ghelesh?” ne łonh shisr ch’onh.
“Who tasted my food?” said mama bear.
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“Mada simama’ uhdeyonh?” ne łonh ch’igoya shisr ts’e’ taztrak.
“Who ate all my food?” said the baby bear and started to cry.
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Yats’in yih łonh chu’ dahinedatł’.
They walked in the other room.
“Mada nude siheye k’its’ dighedo’?” ne łonh ch’ito’ shisr.
“Who sat in my chair?” said papa bear.
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“Mada nut doghedo’?” ne łonh shisr ch’onh.
“Who sat here?” said mama bear.
“Mada siheye hodighełtrinh?” ne łonh ch’igoya shisr ts’e’ hoghetrak.
“Who broke mine?” said the baby bear and started to cry.
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Tohna helanh ts’e’ yodigw dohizdatł’.
All three of them walked up the stairs.
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“Mada siheye k’its’ dogheta’?” ne łonh ch’ito’ shisr.
“Who laid on my bed?” said papa bear.
Shisr ch’onh łonh chu’ yats’ ghile dide.
Mama bear said the same thing
“Mada’e sikayih miłdiłaninh?” ne łonh shisr goya.
“Who is that sleeping on my bed?” said the baby bear.
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Tr’aha ts’ana’edizit heye’ił łochu tok’e shisr tał’anh heye’ił t’iyats’ neljut.
The girl woke up, then she saw the three bears. She got really scared.
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Tohina shisr nohiytel’el łonh.
The three bears never saw her again.
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Yada Uzazełts’onh Advanced

Yada Uzazełts’onh Advanced
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K’onalk’aye
Something that glides
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
K’onalk’aye uzazełts’onh.
You hear something that glides.
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
K’onalk’aye uzazełts’onh.
You hear something that glides.
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Yi’ots’ dinolzish he’?
Is it flying toward us?
Aha!
Yes
Mada miyet?
Who is in there?
Ghwla’.
I don’t know.
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One’.
Come
Mits’e’ ts’itudał.
Let’s walk toward it.
K’onalk’aye ghwnh nets’itodił
We’ll walk to the glider.
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Ts’eługh!
Hurry up!
K’onalk’aye notaltłit.
The glider is landing.
Mada miyet?
Who is in there?
Mada e yi’ots’ heninh?
Who is that coming?
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Taził’anh!
I saw!
Srakay hik’atughniniłtinh henh he’e.
Is it a teacher?
Srakay hik’atughniniłtinh ninh yi’ots’.
The teacher is coming.
Srakay hik’atughniniłtinh henh k’agh nenodadizit.
The teacher came back.
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Yełkonh
Morning
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
School diniłtł’ezre uzaziłts’onh.
I hear the school bell.
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Ts’eługh!
Hurry up!
Dina adinh dwh toneł.
We might miss out.
School k’idi’onh.
School is ready.
Ey hwts’e’ k’wda.
Let’s go there now.
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Ghelgwsh!
Run!
Yelta srakay hikatughniniłtinh ninh.
There’s the teacher.
Izrił.
Yelling.
Dina ts’e’ izrił.
Yelling at us.
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K’wda ine.
Ready now.
Ts’eługh dits’it’anh dine.
We are hurrying.
Ts’eługh ghelgwsh.
Hurry, run.
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Nułta!
Here!
Ts’eługh dits’ot’an’.
We did hurry.
Srakay hik’atughninłtin ninh ił huzrunh.
The teacher is feeling good.
Dina ił huzrunh.
We feel good.
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Nets’inish
We work
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Mit’o tinoch’ilyaghe uzaziłts’onh.
I hear a washer.
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Yełta sonh.
There’s my mom.
Sonh dot’anh?
What is my mom doing?
Deloye tino’ilah.
Washing clothes.
T’iyats’ ko’edinesh.
She’s working hard.
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K’onisdinesh.
I am working.
Sonh ts’e’ tisne.
I’m helping my mom.
Deloye tino’ilah.
She’s washing clothes.
Tinoy’tisdlah sonh ts’e’ isne ts’e’.
I’m washing helping my mom.
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In’a!
Mom!
Nułta se!
Here I am!
Nits’e’ tisne.
I will help you.
Nidots’o ditist’eł?
What will I do?
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Sonh mi’ił huzrunh.
My mom feels good.
Si’ił huzrunh.
I feel good.
Sonh ts’e’ ghisne’
I helped my mom.
Sonh ił deloye tinots’izdlo.
My mom and I washed clothes.
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K’onesh
Work
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’on?
What do you hear?
K’onalmoze uzaziłts’onh.
I hear snowmachine.
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K’onesh.
Work.
Sito’ k’o’edinesh.
My dad is working.
T’iyats’ k’o’edinesh.
He’s working real hard.
Ts’ima kwndigisr.
Dragging up logs.
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Netisnish.
I will work.
Sito’ ts’e’ tisne.
I will help my dad.
Ts’ima kwndigisr.
He’s dragging up logs.
Mi’ił kwch’iditisgisr.
I’ll help him drag logs.
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Sito’.
Dad.
Nułta se.
Here I am.
Nits’e’ tisne.
I’ll help you.
Nidots’o ditist’eł.
What will I do?
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Sito’ ts’e’ ghisne’.
I helped my dad.
Mi’ił kwch’idazigisr.
I dragged logs with him.
Sito’ mi’ił huzrunh.
My dad feels good.
Si’ił huzrunh.
I feel good.
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Tugaga’
Duck
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Tugaga’ dideye uzaziłts’onh.
I hear a duck calling.
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Hwlek’it!
Spring!
Hwlek’it ine k’odet.
It is spring now.
Tugaga’ uzaziłts’onh.
I hear ducks.
Tugaga’ dide ets’ik.
I hear ducks calling.
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Dodizena’!
He quiet!
Tugaga’ uzazełts’onh.
You hear ducks.
Tugaga’ dide ets’ik.
I hear ducks.
Tugaga’ ch’idine ts’e’ dide.
Duck is calling another duck.
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Notek’a tugaga’ uzaziłts’onh.
I hear two ducks.
Notek’a tugaga’ dide.
Two ducks are calling.
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Hwlek’it nohusdilanh.
It’s spring again.
Hwlek’it ts’e’ hwnohwsnish.
I know it’s spring.
Tugaga’ uzaziłts’onh.
I hear ducks.
Tugaga’ dilghwzre uzaziłts’onh.
I hear ducks calling.
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Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Bzzzzzz.
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Ts’eya.
Mosquito.
Ts’eya dist’onh.
I heard a mosquito.
Hondiye?
Where is it?
Ghwla’.
I don’t know.
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Nenłi’ane?
You see it?
No nił’ane’.
I don’t see it.
Ts’eya nonił’anh.
I don’t see the mosquito.
Ts’eya uzaziłts’onh.
I hear the mosquito.
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Ch’uzazełts’onh.
Listen.
Ts’eya uzazełts’one’?
Do you hear mosquito?
No’di.
I don’t.
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Igaya’!
Ouch!
Mik’anisjinech ts’eya.
I found the mosquito.
Nułta sigona’ kok’.
Here, it’s on my arm.
Ts’eya sezgwt.
Mosquito poked me.
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Hiti
In the woods
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Ch’itinasdighwtł’ ets’ik.
Heard tree falling.
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Mit’o ch’ididt’oze uzaziłts’onh.
I hear chainsaw.
Ts’ima dit’os.
Cutting spruce tree.
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One’.
Come.
Hito ts’udał.
Let’s go in the trees.
Ts’ima ts’inuł’an’.
Let’s look at the spruce trees.
Mit’o ch’ididt’oze ts’inuł’an’.
Let’s look at the chainsaw.
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One’.
Come.
Ołon hito nwhdatł hidedi.
They said don’t go in the trees.
Hiti ts’whtinoł’el ts’e’.
We wouldn’t look in the trees.
Ts’ima ts’itinoł’el ts’e’.
We wouldn’t look at the spruce trees.
Mit’o ch’ididt’oze ts’itinoł’el ts’e’.
We wouldn’t look at the chainsaw.
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Ch’uzazełts’onh.
Listen.
Mit’o ch’ididt’oze ts’uzaziłts’onh.
We hear chainsaw.
No ts’inełanh.
We don’t see it.
Ts’ima nich’in.
Even the spruce tree.
Nut ts’idetolts’eł.
We’ll stay here.
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K’onalmoze
Snowmachine
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
K’onalmoze uzaziłts’onh.
I hear a snowmachine.
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Tsetł’!
Snow!
Ghełyodze’?
Did it snow?
Ghełyodze’ tidzdo?
Did it snow last night?
Si’ił huzrunh ghełyots ts’e’.
I feel good when it snowed.
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Yalwhk’a!
Window!
Yats’ch’itetesh yalwhk’a.
Open the window.
Nin’ ko’ hwnenłi’anh.
Look at the ground.
Hwlk’wle’?
Is it white?
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Aha!
Yes!
Nin’ ko’ hwlk’wł.
The ground is white.
Tsetł’ ko’ nenohwdalninh.
It is snow time again.
One’ yi’ogh.
Come outside.
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K’onalmoze!
Snowmachine!
Yi’ogh k’ots’neghwlmos.
Let’s drive around outside.
K’odede tsetł’ ko’ kots’neghwlmos.
Let’s drive on the new snow.
K’ots’nalmos deno huzrunh.
When we drive it’s good.
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Dzondzeda’
Bee
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Dzondzeda uzaziłts’onh.
I hear a bee.
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Hondogh?
Where?
Hondogh e dzondzeda.
Where is the bee?
Nenłi’ane’?
You see it?
Hondogh k’wda dzondzeda.
Where is the bee?
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Hwnenłi’anh!
Look!
Ch’it’on’ ko’ hwnenłi’anh.
Look on the leaves.
Yetła dzondzeda.
There’s the bee.
Ch’iton’ ko’ zido.
Sitting on the leaves.
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Dasdik’izre ch’it’on’ ko’ he’?
On the red leaves?
No’ heye.
No.
Litsughe ch’it’on’ ko’ he’?
On the brown leaves?
No’ heye.
No.
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Hondogh e dzondzeda?
Where is the bee?
Lik’wle ch’it’on’ ko’.
On the white leaf.
Lik’wle ch’it’on’ ko’ hwnenłi’anh.
Look on the white leaf.
Yetła dzondzeda.
There’s the bee.
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Ch’idiltutł’
Gunshot
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Denk’a daltwtł’e uzaziłts’onh.
I hear gunshot.
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Sito’!
My dad!
Sito’ ine ch’idiłtwtł’ inh.
It’s my dad shooting.
Yada e sito’ yi’ił ch’idiłtwtł’e’?
What is my dad shooting?
Tugaga’ ił ch’idiłtwtł’e’?
He is shooting ducks?
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One’!
Come!
No tugaga’ ił ch’idiłtwtł’.
He’s not shooting ducks.
Yada ił ch’idiłtwtł’e’?
What is he shooting?
Midzish ił ch’idiłtwtł’e’?
He’s shooting caribou?
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One’!
Come!
No midzish ił ch’idiłtwtł’.
He’s not shooting caribou.
Sito’ yada ił ch’idiłtwtł’e’?
What is my dad shooting?
Yan in!
Nothing!
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Sito’ didenk’a’ dino’ilah.
My dad is fixing his gun.
No tugaga’ ił ch’idiłtwtł’.
He’s not shooting ducks.
No midzish ił ch’idiłtwtł’.
He’s not shooting caribou.
Didenk’a’ dino’ilah.
He’s fixing his gun.
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Nich’udaya
Owl
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Nich’udaya uzaziłts’onh.
I hear owl.
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Nich’udaya nenłi’ane’?
Do you see owl?
No nił’ane.
I don’t see it.
No hohdot’anhdi.
It’s not clear.
Tsełdinalgwt’ dihigh’in.
Because it is dark.
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Hondiye nich’udaya?
Where is the owl?
Noyugh ghile he?
Nearby?
Nełzo hw he’?
Long way off?
Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
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Nich’udaya noyugh ghile.
Owl nearby.
Nich’udaya dide.
Owl calling.
Mits’e’ ch’uzazełts’onh.
Listen to it.
Whoooo. Whoooo.
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Nich’udaya nenłi’ane’?
Do you see owl?
Minagha’ nenłi’ane’?
You see its eyes.
Minagha’ niłanh.
I see its eyes.
Minagha’ hich’inghełdrash.
Its eyes are shining.
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Power Plant
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Ch’uzazełts’onh!
Listen!
Yada uzazełts’onh?
What do you hear?
Cat uzazełts’onh.
I hear cat.
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Prrrr. Prrrr.
No cat nilane.
It’s not a cat
Power plant ine.
It is power plant.
Power plant ine uzazełts’one.
It’s the power plant I hear.
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Miłdiłanh.
Sleeping.
Cat miłdił’anh.
Cat is sleeping.
Dodisna’.
It is quiet.
Tiyats’ dodisna.
It’s really quiet.
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Prrrr. Prrrrr.
Power plant ine.
It is power plant.
Nenłi’anh!
Look!
Noynegheldray’.
It light up.
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Dodene di’e.
What are you saying.
Cat miłdił’anh.
The cat is sleeping.
Hich’inghildrash.
The light is on.
Prrrr. Prrrr.
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