Mecimiw - The way it was then

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:01	Iya, not-te-na mecimiw, iya, nuhkomoss,	Yes, my grandmother,
00:04	nuhkomosson Grace,	our grandmother Grace,
00:06	maciyamkustahsin	used to take a bunch of us
00:08	Carlow's Island.	to Carlow's Island.
00:10	Nwewitahatomon.	I remember that.
00:11	Naka ntahcuwi-naci-suwitkolaskahtinen.	And we had to go pick sweetgrass.
00:13	Iya, mm-hmm.	Yes, mm-hmm.
00:14	Kis kisacuwiw-otehc eli-nimahtiyek	Lunch would be all ready for us
00:17	tan eci-'kihka-suwitkolaskahtiyek.	when we finished picking.
00:20	Apc-oc npisokimkunen	Then she'd send us into
00:22	olomipisokiw, naka naciphanen, ihik,	the woods again and we'd get
00:27	minsossok kosona saqteminok.	raspberries or blackberries.
00:29	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
00:31	Naka ehtahs-ote ma maceptuwon	And each time she wouldn't bring
00:33	'samaqan.	water,
00:34	Tehpuhc elacuwik elihpultiyek.	just something for us to eat.
00:37	Kenuk tan eci-mitsultiyek	But when we ate,
00:39	kis cel 'kisihtun Kool-aid.	she had already made Kool-aid.
00:42	On nit, iyey, iyu, nit iyu 'samaqan.	And there would be water there
00:44	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
00:45	On-oc nit ehtahs naciptun nilun	And she'd always go get it
00:48	qenuwisultiyek.	while we were picking.
00:51	Eci 'tawitahasit.	She knew how to plan.
00:52	Eci-wikuwaceyik.	It was so much fun.
00:53	Iya, aha, mecimiw.	Yes, yes, that's the way it was then.
00:55	Elinaqsiyek.	There were so many of us.