A Voice from the Eastern Door

Akwé:kon Ratiksa'tanó:ron

All Children Matter

1. Ronakiohkowá:nen A big group of people

2. Ne Ahkwesahshró:non People of Ahkwesáhsne

3. Ohahà:ke rón:nete They are standing on the road

4. Tsi na'tekiatenonhsátere Between the buildings

5. Ne Karihtòn:ke The Police Station

6. Tánon tsi teionhthenno'okstáhkhwa And the lacrosse field

7. Akwé:kon okiarèn:ta ronakia'tawi'tánion They are wearing all orange

8. Ratihson'karénhawe They are holding a sign

9. Kahiá:ton It is written

10. Akwé:kon ratiksa'okòn:'a All children

11. Ratiksa'tanó:ron They matter

12. Tho nón:we There

13. Wahatiien'kóntho They burnt tobacco

14. Wahatirihwahnhotón:ko They said the opening

15. Ó:nen kwah ken' náhe Quite a while ago

16. Iorihwinekèn:'en The news came out

17. Tsi wahati`hskien'tatshén:ri They found bones

18. Tsi nihá:ti ratiksa'okòn:'a All of the children

19. Ronwatírio They beat them

20. Kióhton tenwen'niá:we ià:ia'k niwáhsen ià:ia'k nihatíhne 966 of them

21. Koráhne nonkwá:ti Canadian side

22. Ó:ni Ohstoronón:ke nonkwá:ti American side too

23. Kí:ken onkwehón:we These Native people

24. Ratiia'tarónnion They are in the picture

25. Wahonthahíta They walked

26. Tsi iohatákie ne áhsen niwáhsen tsiá:ta The road along Route 37

27. Tsi niió:re ne Jacob's raonathentà:ke As far as Jacob's field

28. Wahontá:ti They spoke

29. Wahatihthá:rahkwe They spoke about

30. Tsi nihotiia'tawèn:'en What happened to them

31. Tsi nahonwatiié:ra'se What they did to them

32. Ne eh nón:we shihonteweiénstahkwe There when they were in school

33. Ón:wa ne onkonkwe'ta'shòn:'a Now our people

34. Wahonkia'tarò:roke They gathered

35. Ahotiié:nawa'se To help them

36. Ne aonsahonte'nikonhrakétsko To raise their spirits

37. Ókia'ke ne onkonkwe'ta'shòn:'a Some of our people

38. Iahontahsónteren They continued

39. Wa'thonráhtate They ran

40. Tsi niió:re ne Kanà:tsio As far as Ottawa

 

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