Iya, nit-ona nilun mecimiw nmuhsums. Yes, like my grandfather and me.
Iya, nekom-oc etoli-psikhiket on-oc nil He would be splitting the wood
ntotolayyan and I'd be playing with the --
not, iyey -- keq nihtol mecimiw, slabs? what were they called? -- slabs.
Aha. Yes.
On-oc nil ntotoleksawan slabs. And then I'd be cutting the slabs.
Naka nit, iyey, handsaw. And it was a handsaw.
Iya. Yes.
- Iya, - Yes,
on iyey, well, nil and, well,
etolokehkimuk wasisok, when I'm teaching children,
nit-ona ntoqeci-olluhki, iyey, that's what I try to do,
nmessunomuwan wasisok wen elahqet. I show them how one cooks.
Naka ntoqecimulan And
you know, nekomaw-ona 'tolihtuniya. I asked them to make it.
On peskuwok wasisok apc macahahtit, And some children went home then,
on nekomaw 'kisiyaniya tuhmahsis. and they made frybreads.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Aha, iya, iya. So, iya, Yes, and so, well,
yut, iyey, Yes, and so, well,
wikuwossuwal 'sakhi-wolasuweltomon, their mother suddenly showed up to thank me
eli-kisokehkimuk not wasis. for teaching her
eliyat tuhmahsis. child to make frybread.
Koluwot nit elluhkiyin, Barb. It's so valuable, what you're doing, Barb.
Koluwot nit wen elluhket etolokehkimut wasis. It's so important, what one does when children are learning.
Iya. Yes.