A Voice from the Eastern Door

Wa'akwanenhstaienthó:ko

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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