When We Spent the Night Here

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:02	Nit-te nmihqitahatomon	I just remembered when
00:02	yut api-ktoqonultiyeq.	we spent the night here.
00:03	U, akonutomuwine!	Oh, tell us about it!
00:06	Eci wikuwacalokittiyeyik!	It was so much fun!
00:11	On, iyey, npeciptunen pokuhulakonol	And we brought the drums
00:14	naka nihtol oltestakonol.	and rattles.
00:17	Npeciptunen.	We brought them with us.
00:19	On ntolintultinen tomk,	And we sang first,
00:21	ntolintultinen tett oloqiw,	we sang that way,
00:23	cipenuhk.	toward the east.
00:25	U, cel-ona	Oh, and also Our Grandmother,
00:27	psonakisu Kuhkomosson...	the moon, was full...
00:28	U ya, psonakisu neke.	Oh yes, she was full that time.
00:29	Eci-wolinaqsit.	She looked so beautiful.
00:30	Eci wolalokittiyenaqsit Kuhkomosson,	Our Grandmother looked so beautiful,
00:33	gees.	gees.
00:35	Oh my God!	Oh my God!
00:37	Yet sakhi-wonakiyat,	She rose over there,
00:38	eltutalokittiyapskosit Kuhkomosson.	so big and round, Our Grandmother.
00:42	On ntolintuwewanen.	And we sang to her,
00:44	Nilun Tiyena, Gracie naka Barbara.	Deanna and I, Gracie and Barbara.
00:46	Barbara, ya.	Barbara, yes.
00:49	Etucintultiyek.	We sang with all our hearts.
00:51	Apc-oc yut oloqiw,	Then we'd sing this way,
00:54	sawonehsonuk,	toward the south,
00:55	skiyahsonuk, naka apc oloqiw lahtoqehsonuk.	the west, and then to the north.
01:00	On ehta nit, yut oloqiw etolintultiyek.	And then we were singing over in this direction.
01:04	Kis neke metsiw, init?	It was late by then, wasn't it?
01:05	Kis, aha. Kis cel eci... psoni-piskiye.	Yes, it was. It was already fully dark.
01:09	Elalokittiyehtaqahk keq	There was an unusual sound
01:11	weckuyewik tett oloqiw.	coming from over that way.
01:13	Waht oloqiw.	Way over there.
01:14	I -- ciptaqot.	Right? Eee -- it was eerie sounding.
01:17	Elalokittiyehkihqahk.	It was a tremendous sound.
01:19	Cel nil neke kis nkisossin.	I was already in bed by then.
01:21	Cel kis kil kisalokittiyehsin, neke.	You were already in that darn bed, that time.
01:28	Eltaqahk keq?	What was making that sound?
01:29	Elalokittiyehtaqahk olonahqewey.	Something iron, making a terrible racket.
01:35	Kat-olu nit, iyey, keq liwihtasuwiw?	You know that, what's it called?
01:38	Ferry?	Ferry?
01:39	Uh-huh.	Uh-huh.
01:40	Kat-olu kci-oqiton,	You know, "great canoe,"
01:43	I guess-op 'toliwihtomoniya.	I guess, is what they would call it.
01:45	Kci-oqiton, olonahqey.	A great steel canoe.
01:46	U gees, elalokittiyehtaqahk!	Oh, gees, it was so darn loud!
01:50	On yaka nkosicihtunen	And then we knew
01:51	keq yet oloqiw kisi...	what it was over there...
01:53	yut oloqiw kisi-tuciyat yat buoy epit.	as it came over this way past the buoy.
01:56	Etutalokittiye...	It was so completely dark,
01:57	psonalokittiyepiskiye-te nit,	and it made such a loud noise
02:00	naka eltaqahk weckuwyewik.	as it approached.
02:01	Holy!	Holy!
02:02	Naka kis, "Too late girls!"	And -- "It's too late girls!"
02:04	Ya, u ya, psonpehe.	Yes, oh yes, the tide was in.
02:07	Kis psonpehe.	It was high tide by then.
02:08	Espiyak yut 'samaqan!	The water was so high here!
02:10	'Sami Kuhkmosson	Because Our Grandmother
02:12	eli-psonakisit...	being full,
02:13	on, on ewepiyewiw 'samaqan...	the water rose...
02:15	...naka cestehp...	...and it was as if...
02:16	...wahkat-te nkisuhsawolotipon...	...we could barely walk...
02:17	...cestehp yut macessik,	...as if it moved,
02:18	macessik ktahkomiq.	as if the earth here moved.
02:21	Cel wahkac nkisuhsawolotipon, init?	And we could barely walk, right?
02:23	U gee!	Oh, gee!
02:25	Apc ntolintultinen.	We sang again.
02:26	Kamotu yet, yet oloqiw elapultiyek,	All of a sudden we looked over there,
02:28	waht oloqiw okamok, ihik...	way over to the Canadian side...
02:31	Etuci-pitiyahtuwek nit	Whatever was heading our way
02:32	keq weckuwyewik.	was so bright.
02:33	Ntasihpon-al not olonahqi-sips.	I thought it was an airplane.
02:35	Etolintultiyek mec nit ehtek.	As we were singing, it was still there.
02:37	Aha. Ma-te macessiw.	Yes. It didn't move.
02:38	Kamotu sesolahki-te,	Suddenly, right in this very spot,
02:41	yut-te-te, yut-te petalokittiyamu.	it fell right here.
02:43	Kwewitahatomon nit?	Do you remember that?
02:44	Well, yet ntihihpon, nkuwihpon.	Well, I was over there, asleep.
02:46	Kisi-tuhkimipa.	You woke me up.
02:47	Kis yut petalokittiyamu oloqiw.	The darn thing landed over this way.
02:49	Kinalokittiyena!	Holy cow!
02:50	Eci-pitiyalokittiyahtuwek Tahnol!	Donald, it was so bright!
02:53	On ntolapomotinen Gracie.	Gracie and I looked at each other.
02:55	Itom, "Too late. UFO.	She said, "Too late. UFO.
03:02	Kmacephukepon-otehc."	We're going to be taken."
03:04	Ma-te nkisi-nahtokahawolotihpon.	And we couldn't get ashore.
03:05	Oh my God!	Oh my God!
03:07	Yali-siktehpayu Gracie?	Was Gracie scared?
03:09	Ntiyali-sikehpayultipon.	We were all scared.
03:11	Nil etutqahsi.	I was sound asleep.
03:12	Nekom etutqahsit.	She was sound asleep.
03:15	kis olomi-natqahsu Tiyena.	Deanna had already gone to sleep.
03:19	Yut nilun yalintultiyek nilun	We were here singing,
03:20	Barbara naka Gracie.	Barbara and Gracie and I.
03:22	Tpuhk?	Was it very late?
03:23	Ya, 'qoci-tpuhk.	Yes, we were there all night.
03:25	Ya, tpuhk.	Yes, late at night.
03:26	On ehta yet oloqiw	And so we were
03:28	elomi kapuwultiyek apc,	standing over there again,
03:29	ntotolintultinen, ntolintultinen.	singing, singing.
03:32	Kamotu sesolahkiw-ote keq,	All of a sudden something went
03:34	pshhh!	pshhh!
03:35	"Barbara, what the hell’s that?"	"Barbara, what the hell’s that?"
03:37	Keq iya nit?	What was it?
03:39	Ma-te nkocicihtuwonewin nit keq.	We didn’t know what it was.
03:41	Eltaqahk.	Such a sound.
03:42	- Eltaqahk. Aha.	- Such a sound. Yes.
03:44	Mec-al nihi yaka,	It must have sounded about three times
03:45	on yaka nkocicihtunen nit keq,	before we knew what it was,
03:47	’sami psiw-ote npuspawolotipon.	because it got us all wet.
03:50	Sakhi-putuwat putep.	A whale came up blowing.
03:52	U, eci-wolomalokittiyemomqahk.	Oh, it felt so good.
03:55	Etucessik pokuhulakon!	The drum was just a-going!
03:58	Gracie etucintaq!	Gracie sang her heart out.
04:00	"Psiw-ote putepok!"	"All the whales!"
04:05	"Kiluwaw yut."	"This is yours."
04:07	Elinaqsihtit psiw-ote putepok,	There were so many whales
04:09	nwiwonahsekotakunnuk-ote putepok.	circling around us,
04:12	Akim sixteen nkisokimannuk.	about sixteen we counted.
04:15	Nsakhi-tuhkimkuk yukk. Etuttaqsihtit.	They came and woke me. They were so loud.
04:17	"Tiyena, amihkalokittiyay!"	"Deanna, get up! Hurry!"
04:20	Alhomultuwok.	They were swimming around.
04:22	Yali-putuwahtuwok.	They were blowing.
04:24	Yalotokkultihtit.	They were jumping.
04:25	Psi-te nit ’tiyalotokkultiniya.	They were all jumping.
04:27	Eci-wolalokittiyemomqahk!	It felt so darn good!
04:31	Naka eli I think tolintultiyeq,	And, I think, the singing you all did,
04:34	totolimiyahtiyeq…	the praying you all did…
04:35	"Nulasihkomonen ’samaqan,	"I greet the water,
04:37	skitkomiq, monihkul."	the earth, the islands."
04:39	Nit-te-na ’peciyawolotiniya putepok.	Then the whales came.
04:41	Putep.	Whale.
04:42	- Putep.	- Whale.
04:44	Lintuwatomone.	Let’s sing it.
04:45	Ya!	Yes!
05:44	Pihce…pihcetu ktolacqiphukepon	We’ve driven a long way
05:46	weci monihkuhsisok kisi-lapasiyiq,	to walk to the island,
05:49	naka ma musqotu.	and it hasn’t cleared off.
05:50	Nama, nama.	No, no.
05:52	Koti yaq wolokiskot today.	They say it’s going to be nice today.
05:54	Kenoq eci-wolalokittiyemomqahk	But it felt so good
05:55	nit weckuhqepultiyek.	where we were sitting.
05:57	Ya.	Yes.
05:59	Ntotoli-yahan Suliyan	I told Juliann that time.
06:01	neket, ntiyahpon,	I told her,
06:04	"Tan ci nil, iyey,	"When I go
06:06	koti-skicinuwatuwi, skat, iyey,	to speak our language,
06:10	nonomuwon, iyey, latuwakon,	if I don’t know the word
06:13	nit-te npiskiqewin naka…	I shut my eyes and…
06:16	Cestehp nutuwuk, iya,	It’s as if I hear
06:19	nuhkomoss etoli-skicinuwatuwet	my grandmother speaking,
06:21	kosona, iya, mecimiw uletisok.	or the old ladies.
06:25	Uuu!	Ooh!
06:26	Iya.	Yeah.
06:28	Kosqehsuhsok?	Old ladies?