We Didn't Need Anyone Else

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:02	Ma-te wen knituwiwonewin,	We didn't need anyone else,
00:03	elinaqsihiq.	there were so many of us.
00:05	Nit cel-ote itok neke.	That's what he said back then,
00:06	Itom, "Ma-te wen knituwiwon."	"You don't need anyone."
00:08	Nama.	No.
00:09	"Kusamelupa."	"There are too many of you."
00:11	Kwiwonasehlan-otehp Mamam.	We would drive Mom crazy.
00:15	Kosona Kuhki.	Or Grammy.
00:16	Kis kehsihiq... kosona Kuhki.	There were so many of us... or Grammy.
00:17	Aha.	Yes.
00:18	Nakahc matoliqehtahan, iyey,	and she would spank the other kids
00:20	eci-sakhapasihtit kotokik wasisok...	whenever they came over...
00:23	ipisiyil.	with switches.
00:24	Psi-te wen nokalal.	They were all afraid of her.
00:26	Tiyenawol neke kisi-matoliqehtahal, ihik, 'qatihkuk Tiyenawol.	She used them on Deanna's legs.
00:29	Aha, ipisiyil.	Yes, switches.
00:31	Itom Tiyena, "Tehpu nil npeci-natay."	Deanna said, "I just came here to play."
00:33	Nit-te-na nkapoliqehtuhuken.	Then I got a whipping, too.
00:37	Kat-olu, iya.	Yes, that's right.
00:40	So, eci nil mace-kehkimki Muselenk,	So, when I started going to school in Eastport,
00:43	eci-siktehpayi.	I got really scared.
00:45	Nkisatpemkun, iya, Muhmum.	Grampy talked to me.
00:48	Mecimi-te keq itok, nciksotuwa.	I always listened to what he told me.
00:50	Itom, iyey,	He said,
00:52	"Tan ci kil natokehkimkiyin,"	"When you go to school,"
00:54	itom, "ma kil, iyey,	he said, "no one is worth more than you,
01:00	ma-te wen aqami-koluwosiw katok kila.	and you are not worth
01:04	Kil-ona ma ktaqami-koluwosiw naka notta."	more than anyone."
01:07	Itom, "Psi-te wen, iyey, pesqon-ote eli-kapuwit."	He said, "Everyone is the same."
01:12	Mecimi-te nit 'titomon.	He always said that.
01:14	- Mecimi-te nit 'titomon.	- He always said that.
01:16	Itom, "Mus palitahamsihkoc."	He said, "Don't be too proud.
01:21	Itom, "Psi-te wen ktolewestuwaman."	He said, "Talk to everyone."
01:23	Itom, "Naka kwinpasin,	He said, "And try hard in school,
01:25	'sami kil ktahcuwi-natokehkimk."	because you have to go."
01:30	Ntiyahpon, iyey, "U, eci-ehta siktehpayi.	I told him how scared I was
01:31	Ma-te nikk wenik nonuwawiyik."	that I didn't know anyone there.
01:34	Ntiyahpon, "Naka nikk, iyey, eci, iyey,	And I told him,
01:36	ikolisomanatuwahtihtit."	"They all speak English."
01:40	Coqahk-al ikolisomanok!	Of course, they are white people!
01:44	Ntiyahpon...	I told him...
01:45	Eci-wapeyihtit.	They are so pale.
01:47	Naka ma kiseltomakuwon,	And they wouldn't let you
01:49	kuskicinuwatuwan, nit wen eliyat.	speak Passamaquoddy, when you went there.
01:52	No, nil kahk-ote ma-te...	No, it was not like that
01:54	you know, nit etolewestuhtihtit.	when I was growing up.
01:56	Ma-te nil weckuwi-maceki,	No one ever told me
01:58	wen ntiyuku, "Ma kisi-skicinuwatuwew."	I could not speak my language.
02:00	Ma-te nit nil, iyey,	It wasn't like that
02:04	leyiw nil weckuwi-maceki. Now...	when I was growing up. Now...
02:07	Tokec, nil... Neke kilun...	Now, I... Then, we...
02:11	Kat-olu, iya.	That's right.
02:12	Well, nil ma-te nit mecimi-te.	Well, it wasn't like that for me.
02:15	So mace-kehkimi psi-te keqsey	So when I started school,
02:19	nkisi-signupuwin.	I signed up for everything.
02:21	Naka	And
02:22	yuktok pilsqehsisok Sipayik itomuk,	these girls from Sipayik said,
02:25	"Kat-op kisessiw,	"It won't work,
02:26	'sami kat-op wihqonawiwal, ihil,	because they won't take
02:28	skicinuwi-ehpilcil."	a native woman."
02:30	Well, psi-te keq eqecehtu,	Well, everything I wanted to try
02:32	psi-te kisessu.	did work.
02:35	Mecimi-te, iyey, eci nil ma nkoccitomitahamsiw,	I was never too proud,
02:41	kenuk ntolitahas tan tehpu keqsey	but I always thought that
02:43	keti-qeci-olluhki nkisehtun.	I could do anything that I tried.
02:46	So I think nit wicuhkemit.	So I think that was what helped me.
02:49	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
02:50	And weci-wicuhkemit,	And the other thing that helped me
02:52	'sami, iya, mecimi-te kmuhsumson	was the way Grampy
02:56	eci, iyey, stiti-te ktotolatpemkun.	constantly talked to us.
03:00	Iya.	Yes.
03:01	Naka kcuwi-nacihpultinen, ihik...	And we had to eat at the cafeteria, he would say,
03:03	"Mus, iyey, mus wihqnomuhkoc man.	"Don't take any money from anyone.
03:08	Nil-oc kmillon."	I'll give it to you."
03:10	Kat-olu every day-ote, iyey...	Yes, he would do that every day.
03:12	"Mus naciptuhkoc eli, iyey, elihpiyin."	"Don't take your lunch."
03:14	"Mus naci-'tutomahkoc."	"Don't ask for anything."
03:16	"Iya, nil-oc kmillon elihpiyin."	"I'll pay for your meal."
03:17	Itom, "Skat, iyey, skat kisi, iyey..."	He said, "If you can't..."
03:21	Mecimiw nit ntiyukun,	He always told me,
03:28	"Skat kisoluhkewon naka, iyey, nit kmosonomon,	"If you don't earn what you get,
03:32	ma keq oli-kolowotu.	it doesn't count.
03:33	Mecimi-te ktahcuwi kil-ote wicuhkems.	You always have to help yourself.
03:39	Mus wen piluwey	Don't ask anyone else
03:40	qecimulahkoc kwicuhkemkun."	to help you out."
03:43	Nit-te weckuwi-macekultihiq, nit-te.	That's how we grew up.
03:46	Naka keq pawatomon...	And if you want something...
03:47	Aha.	Yes.
03:48	... natoluhk, knaciptun.	...go to work to get it.
03:49	Ktahcuwi-natoluhk.	You have to go work.
03:49	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
03:50	Cika-te cuwi, iyey,	Even if you
03:53	naci-sapolohikiyin.	have to do shoveling.
03:55	Nitok.	That's true.
03:55	Itom, "Tan-ote eci-sikeyik	He said, "No matter how hard it is,
03:58	ktahcuwi-luhk weci, iyey,	you have to work
04:02	psonomon keq eli-puwatomon."	to get what you want."
04:04	Tepot tokec keka nsikteluhk.	So now I’ve almost worked myself to the bone.
04:07	Nitok.	That’s true.
04:09	Ma-te kisi-ehqoluhkew.	You can’t stop working.
04:10	- Ma-te nkisi-ehqoluhkew,	I listened so well
04:12	eci-woli-ciksotuwuk.	that I can’t stop working.
04:13	Eci-woli-ciksotomon, iya.	You listened very well, yes.
04:16	Ma-te nkisi-conessiw.	I can’t stop working.
04:17	Nit-te conessiyan kekesk…	If I let up a little…
04:18	Kusami-koti-wolaws.	You want to live too well.
04:19	- Kusami-koti-wolaws.	- You want to live too well.
04:22	Elomoluhki-te elomi-te ktomakeyi.	The more I work, the poorer I get.
04:26	Nit-te eleyik.	That is so true.
04:27	- Nit-te eleyik.	- That is so true.
04:27	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
04:28	Kat-olu tehpu ntotoli-pisuwoluhk, iya.	I’m just working for nothing.
04:32	Well ma kil kisi, iyey conessiw anyway.	Well you can’t stop working, anyway.
04:34	Ma nkisi-conessiw.	I can’t stop.
04:35	Ma kisi-sankewopiw.	She can’t sit still.
04:36	Eci-woli-ciksotuwukot.	We really listened to him.
04:38	Muhmum stiti-te luhke.	Grampy always worked.
04:40	Kat-olu, mecimi-te.	That’s right, always.
04:42	Knituwin nit.	You need that.
04:43	Kat-olu, kat-olu.	That’s right, yes.