Land Claims: They Think We Sold Them Out

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:22	Qenoq, iyey, nit-te nit neket	But right off it went in a
00:25	piluwey-ote oloqiyewiw.	different direction at that time.
00:29	Ktahcuwi-qasahkanen	We had to throw away
00:31	nit etoli-nuhsuhkokpon Gellers.	what Gellers had been pursuing.
00:32	Nekom kahk eli-pawatokpon	He wanted just
00:35	tehpu Massachusetts,	Massachusetts,
00:37	ktolahqemhanen, qenoq	for us to win against them,
00:39	Tureen aqami, iyey,	but Tureen was more
00:41	aqami tahalu milte nekom elitahasit.	diverse in his thinking.
00:44	Aqamelot-ona ktahkomiq.	And there was more land.
00:47	On, iyey,	And
00:49	yet tokkiw, iya, Tureen	up until then, when what Tureen
00:51	mace-woltek eli-pawatok…	wanted started taking shape…
00:54	sesolahki-te two thirds of,	all of a sudden it was two-thirds
00:56	tahalu elkihqahk Maine	of the land in Maine.
01:54	Naka elalokittiyenaqahk man.	And there was so much money.
01:55	Tokec-op yektok	If only Maine had
01:57	neket amsqahs	taken the deal
01:58	kcitomi-wihqehtuhtitsopon,	the first time,
02:00	Governor Reed-ote 'kapiw,	Governor Reed included,
02:02	ma-tehp nit	they wouldn't have had
02:03	cuwi-apenkahtiwiyik qin,	to pay so much,
02:04	naka kehsossok-op, iyey…	and so little would…
02:07	On-olu, iyey,	But because
02:09	eli-sakolikapuwultiyiq kilun	we stood our ground,
02:11	ahaci-te aqamkihqon, iyey,	what we got was bigger than
02:14	etoli-kolikatomoq.	what we had been trying to hold on to.
02:19	Qenoq tokec…	But now…
02:20	tokec etoli-skuhutomuhtit yuktok, ihik, ewasisultihtit,	now that these younger ones are talking about it,
02:26	litahasultuwok	they think
02:27	kisankuwekhannuk.	we sold them out.
02:28	Ma 'kocicihtuwoniya	They don't know
02:30	etuci-sakoli, iyey,	how hard we worked,
02:34	kisehtuwek, tahalu	like the first time
02:37	amsqahs neke psi-keq mesonasik,	everything was attained,
02:39	iyey, yut kete-lu ktahkomiq,	like the land,
02:43	elinaqahk.	so much of it.
02:45	Naka amsqahs nit kehsossokpon.	And the first time it was so little.
02:47	Kehs cel?	How much?
02:48	Twenty-six thousand acres.	26,000 acres.
02:50	Nit-te-msiw.	That was all.
02:52	Yut-olu toke…, iyey,	But now this…
02:53	mesonomoq kis a hundred	we've already gotten a hundred–
02:55	— kehs cel?	how much again?–
02:56	hundred-and-fifty-thousand acres.	150,000 acres.
02:58	Aqamok	More than that.
02:59	Naka ma-te man.	And no money.
03:01	Toke-lu elinaqahk nit man,	Now a lot of that money
03:03	tahalu, iyey, peciyewik.	has come in.
03:07	Qenoq	But
03:08	amsqahs neket	that first time back then
03:10	ma-te nit wen uskuhutomuwon;	no one talked about it;
03:11	'samelot man.	there was too much money.
03:13	Tehpu man tepinasik.	Only the money was being looked at.
03:15	Kis yaka mehciyak man,	When it started to run out,
03:17	on yaka	then we
03:18	mace-skuhutomoniya kete jurisdiction.	start talking about things like jurisdiction.
03:20	Iyey, nil-ona nit ma	I didn't like the looks of it,
03:22	nulinomuwon, qenoq	either, but
03:24	pcossolewey nit,	that was
03:26	iyey, kisi-komutonatok not-olu Longley.	the last thing that Longley stole.
03:28	Nit eli-pawatok, mecimi-te, iyey, kisi,	That was what he wanted, for us
03:31	tahalu kisi-yalqenkenen, I guess,	always to be in their grip, I guess,
03:33	you know, on, on iyey,	you know, and
03:36	nit toke etoli-skuhutasik,	that's what's being talked about now,
03:37	qenoq neket amsqahs,	but that first time,
03:41	man,	money
03:43	iyey, tehpu wen tepinok.	was the only thing they were looking at.
03:45	Tehpu tepinomuhtit, psi-te kehsit. Coqahk-al, kehsi-'tomakeyultiyiq.	Of course, we were extremely poor.
03:51	Iyey, kis yaka psi-keq kisi,	Once everything went by,
03:54	kisi-tuciyak, on yaka	it was as if
03:55	tahaluhp psiw kmace-nomihtunen	we all started seeing that
03:58	cipotu-tehp	maybe if
03:59	aqami-sakolopultihiqsopon…	we had been a little stronger…
04:01	nit kete jurisdiction.	like that jurisdiction issue.
04:03	Cipotu-tehp, iyey,	Maybe, it would be
04:04	aqami-sakolahte toke.	more firmly established now.
04:07	But nit kisi-leyik,	But that's what happened,
04:09	ma kisi-acehtasiw.	and it can't be changed.
04:10	Kat-op state 'tacehtuwon toke.	The state wouldn't change it now.
04:13	Muste nokatomoniya little piece	They are afraid to change
04:14	'tacehtuniya.	even a little piece.