A Voice from the Eastern Door
We harvested corn
1. Kenténha nikahá:wi In October
2. Ne MCA Onhwentsia'ón:we Shakotitsièn:tha tsi nahò:ten ratíhsere The MCA Land-Based Healing program
3. Tánon ne SRMT Tsi Ratiienhnthóhtha tsi nahò:ten ratíhsere And the SRMT Agriculture program
4. Wahatinenhstaienhnthó:ko They harvested corn
5. Wa'akwanénhstako We did pick corn
6. Ókia'ke athé:rakon iontkéhtats wa'hatinenhstá:ta'a Some put the corn in a pack basket
7. Kaià:rakon wa'akwanenhstá:ta'a ò:ni We also put the corn in a bag
8. Óh nà:ken ne ka'serehtowá:nen ia'akwanenhstíta'a We put the corn in the back of the truck
9. Wa'akwanenhstatáhko We took the corn out
10. Atekhwahráhne wa'akwáhren ne ó:nenhste We put the corn on the table
11. Wa'akwanorótshi We husked the corn
12. Wa'akwanonhkwíseriake We removed the silk
13. Wa'akwatenonhkwiserateweién:ton We put the corn silk away
14. Eniakwatenonhkwahthserónnia'te We will make medicine out of it
15. Wa'kiakwanenhstaiehstáhsi ne kanenhsti:ios We sorted the nice corn
16. Wa'akwaratsken'tón:ni ne kanenhstí:ios We made braids of the nice corn
17. Wa'akwanenhstaniiontónnion We hung up a lot of corn
18. Eniakwanenhstateweién:ton ne kanenhstí:ios We will put away the nice corn
19. Kanenhstí:io eniakwatenenhará:ko We will save the nice corn for seed
20. Tsióhsera niió:re, eniakwanenhstaiéntho Next year, we will plant the corn
21. Kanenhstáksen enkontinénhstake ne kanáhskwa The animals will eat the bad corn
22. Otsi'nonwahnhè:ta iotkà:ronte (Kanénhstaks ne kanenhstakária'as) It has a worm hole (the corn worm ate it)
23. Io whá:ronte It is moldy
24. Ió tskeres iá:were It has corn smut (ótskeres) on it
25. Enkenenhstátha'te ken'nikanenhstá:'a tánon iotera'nentáhshion We will dry the small, loose corn
26. Tsi ienenhstaientáhkhwa On the racks for corn
27. Nó:nen ionenhstátha, eniakwanenhstarón:ko When the corn is dry, we will remove the corn from the cob (shell it)
28. Eniakwanenhstóhare We will wash it
29. Ò:ni, eniakwatheserón:ni ionenhstáthen Also, we will grind up the dry corn
30. Akwé:kon ne kahwá:tsire wahonten'nikonhró:ri tsi nikarì:wes ratinénhstakwa'as All the families had a nice time picking the corn
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