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(( Each of the poles had a name, and a purpose, and a story (Shave Head said, one of his old relatives) Wm C'Hair says. And the atmosphere inside the tipi, also had a meaning and story connected to it.))

okay.

wohei.

Here is this eagle [drum].

Niine'eehek neh'eeno nii'eihii.

Eagle.

Nii'eihii niiP

That is what this here drum is named.

Ne'ni'ii3oo3i' niine'eehek neh'eeno ho'eii.

It makes noise.

Niiwoteihei'it.

Then people sing.

NiiP niiP ne'niibootiini'.

It's like this life wakes up [again] thanks to [that sound].

Wootii niiP ni'iihowoto'oonoo' niiyou nuhu' huune'etiit.

It's like [the drum] is the one who [wakes] those others.

Wootii he'etneen hini'iitiino.

This life keeps going thanks to [that sound]. The [sound of the beating] is the heart,

Heni'nihkotiiseenoo' niiyou nuhu' huune'etiit. niiyou niiyou nuhu' nenee' huut betee,

As if there is a body, and it is the heart, it is [what makes life] keep on continually going.

wootii heenoo niiyou beteneyooo, niiyou betee, nenee' niinouutowuuni nihkotiiseenoo'.

I guess it will be like that, this here, this here eagle [drum].

WotP heetP heetniini nee'eesoo' niine'eehek, niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

It sits [among the people] as a source of life, presides over life.

Nii3i'okuuto' niiyou, niiyou nuhu' huune'etiit.

How it is interpreted, how it is interpreted, this here, this here eagle [drum].

HeeneesP heeneesinihiitee', heeneesinihiitee' niine'eehek niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

The way those old men told stories about it.

Nih'iisiini heenei3oo3itootou'u hinee beh'eihoho'.

Here is this eagle [drum].

Niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

Until, until, not until... here is this eagle.

Honoot, honoot kooxhonoot ne'nii'P niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

Just, just [it is like] how [an eagle] is constantly soaring in circles.

Beebeet, beebeet nih'iisiini nouutowuuni, tohP tohuunoononoo'oot.

Just one [eagle?], how it soars in circles.

He'bi'niiseti' nih'iisP nih'iisnoononoo'oot.

Well it flies high up, far away where the air is clean and pure.

Wohei he'iiP he'iico'ouu3ih'o hinee beebei'on hinee heetiiyoo3oo' hinee hoowu3oow.

That, here is this...

Hinee hehP, niine'eehek nehe' nihnee ...

Far away there above, where, the distant places there are seen.

Huu3e' beebei'on hihcebe', nih'iitohP, ne'nii'noohobeihiinoo' hinee beebei'on huu3e' nenee'.

Things in every direction [are seen].

Heenee3e'einoo' heeyouhuu.

Whatever the sharp eyesight of this eagle can see.

ToonP toonP, toonheesookut niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

Well here is this eagle,

Wohei niine'eehek nehe', niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii,

How it calls, when it makes noise, It is like when the drum is being played.

heesiini, heesiini, nih'iisneeniitouuhut, tohP tohuuwoowoteinoonit, wootii tohwoteiho'yootiini'.

This is the thunder.

He'etneen boh'ooo.

Here is, here is this thunder.

Niine'eehek, niine'eehek nehe' boh'ooo.

This will be thing thing, here is this, here is this earth [which the thunder will wake up].

He'etneen niiyou nuhu' nenee', niiyou nuhu', niiyou nuhu' biito'owu'.

Every, every

Heeyowuuni, heeyowuuni,

springtime, [the eagle] arrives, and then [thunder] sounds.

Beenii'owuuni', 'oh niiP niino'useet, 'oh ne'nii'niitouuhut.

That's when the earth wakes up.

Ne'nii'howoto'oonoo' nuhu' biito'owu'.

All the bugs which live here under the ground.

Hi3oobesiihi' niine'eeno' nuh'uuno neenP neeneine'etii3i' bisiihi' biiseeno'.

Or the various kinds of snakes or,

Wo'ei3 heeP heeneisiihi' siisiiyeino' wo'ei3,

or the different things that live under the ground, that's when they wake up, that's when they appear [above the ground again].

wo'ei3 neeneine'etii3i' nehe' hi3oobesiihi' ne'nii'hoonowoto'oo3i', ne'P ne'nii'bisisee3i'.

Even those, even here are those flies or those [things] that fly around.

Totoos hu'un, totoos niiyou hu'un noubeeno' wo'ei3 hu'un niiP niinih'ohu3i'.

That was when next... they are seen.

Ne'nih'ii'hoo3niiP noonoohobeihi3i'.

Then the thunder arrives.

Nehe' boh'ooo, ne'no'useet.

Well [life] begins; life turns around [towards fertility]; a change arrives. then life is new.

Wohei nehe' ceesisoo'; ce'einiine'etiit; no'ookoo3oo'. Ne'iini ne'iwooyoo'.

Well this is how [the drum] is used here, Wherever we gather

Wohei niiyou nuh'uuno nih'iisiini, nih'iisiini tonouneet huutiino, huutiino, NiinP Niitoonoo'ei[xo]see3i' niine'eehek nehe' hinono'ei.

This eagle/drum sounds cheerful [when it is played].

Nenee' ne'hoononobetouuhut niine'eehek neh'eeno nii'eihii.

New life arrives with it.

Wootii niinohkno'useet niitP wonooyooni' hiine'etiit.

Life offers new opportunities and promise with the drum.

Nii3hoonooko'oyooni' hiine'etiit.

Here is also this snow [when the drumming season comes to a close].

Niiyou nuh'uuno howoo niiyou, niine'eehek nuh'uuno hiii.

This is how they describe how it sounds when it is played. Or then...

Ni'iiP nih'eenei'towootou'u niiyou nuh'uuno heenee3einoonit. Wo'ei3 ne'P

then these [men] sing, these here who sit around the drum, they are called eagles too [like the drum].

nuhu' ne'niibei'i3i' niine'eehek nuhu' niiP nii3i'okuutonoo3i' nii'eihii ci'ni'ii3eihi3i'.

And this song, and this song, and these [particular] songs are used [for this particular purpose]. They are not without purpose

Noh nuhu' niiboot, 'oh nuhu' niiboot, 'oh hu'un niiP niitootonouneihiinou'u. hoowno3oyoono,

They are not without purpose.

hoowno3oyoono. wootii

It is like [these songs] have come here, have been used since the beginning.

wootii cenihcei3i'ooP cenihP cenihP cenihtonouneihiinou'u. XXX

Well then here is a person, then he speaks/sings [of life] because he is happy.

Wohei ne'iini, ne'iiP niine'eehek nehe' nenitee, ne'nei'towoot[o'] tohne'ni'i3ecoot.

Well then they are satisfied, and then things are holy, or this one is holy.

Wohei ne'ni'owooteihi3i', 'oh ne'beteenou'u wo'ei3 nehe' beeteet.

Well once a person is [going to be] dancing..And then they dress up..

wohei hi'P hei'beteeet. Noh ne'neyoo'uut.

And when they are dressed up, here is how it is, it's like this.

Noh tohneyoo'uut, 'oh niiyou nuhu' nee'eesiini, heesiini.

There is the sound of bells.

Nohceinoonit. XXX

Today even, but...

Hiiwoonhehe' totoos 'oh...

Today the way these new bells sound [is different].

Hiiwoonhehe' niiP neeP neenei3eineekoohu3i' niine'eehek nehe' woo'oteeyou'u.

The sounds of the bells [or dew claws in old days] sounds like rainwater. It was like then....

He'etne'nii'hoosoot, hoosoonec. Wootii ne'P

That's how it sounds inside the tipi.

ne'nii3etouuse' niiyou nuhu' ciitoowuu' niiinone'.

And that's how it will be.

[te]he'etneen.

Well here, here are these dancing clothes, how they are.

Wohei ne'hiitiino niiyou nuh'uuno beteeneixo'ono, neeneisiini.

They are like, now, now that's where those fringes are, they are like children who are constantly in motion/mingling with each other. Like children who are mixed among each other as they play.

Neeneisiini woow, woow ne'niitP neeyou hinee niixooxoono'uu, wootii neeneisP ne'nii'hoonowuut tei'yoonoh'o', tei'yoonoh'o' wootii he'oonowuuno' heeneinikotiino'.

It's like when life is joyful, that's the [drum that does this].

Wootii toh'onobee' hiine'etiit, he'etne'neen.

That's it, this, this drum, that's how it was used here.

Nenee' Ne'P, ne'P nehe', nehe' nii'eihii ne'nih'iistonouneihit huutiino.

Here, when there was dancing or wherever people gathered.

Huutiino toh'etP, tohuuP tohuubeebetoootiini' wo'ei3 heeneetoh'oonoo'eixootiini'.

Also, also especially whenever there were sorrowful times, that's how it was used.

Howoo, howoo teesiini hoonotowooyou'u, ne'nii'P ne'nih'ii3P tootonouneihit howoo.

[The drum playing] is when we wake up, and how we become happy. People are restored to a better frame of mind, are more at peace.

Ne'nihcih'oonowoto'oono' niiyou ni'iini'i3ecoono'. Niitootooxuwu3ecootiini'.

That is the nature/purpose of this here, this drum, this here, this here Eagle.

Nee'eenee3eihit niine'eehek nehe', nehe' ho'eii, niine'eehek neh'eeno, niine'eehek nehe' niiP nii'eihii.

How [ropes] are tied, how ropes are tied, like how it is tied, it looks like....

Heenee3ookuhut, heenee3ookuhut wootii heenee3ookuhut wootii nenei'oohobeihit...

Those are tipis all around [the sides].

He'etneeno niiinono noo'oeniihi'.

And there on top, where things are sitting.

Neeyou hinee teesi' wootii 3i'o-, 3i'okP 3i'oP, heniP heneinoku3i'.

Where it's [painted] blue, where it's blue.

Wootii heetceneeteeyoo', heetceneeteeyoo'.

In the middle, where it is round, where it is illustrated with a circle, Where a yellow circle is depicted, that is the sun.

Neehii3ei', noh heetko'einiini, koo'eino3onohoe'ini' hee3P he'nihoonko'eino3onoh, hinee hiisiis neneenit.

And where it is blue, that is the sky.

'oh niiyou heetohceneeteeyoo' niiyou nuhu' hono' nenee'.

That's how it is today. That's the stage of life we're up to now, this is how [the sun] hangs,

Hiiwoonhehe' nee'eesoo'. Nee'P nee'P nee'eeneecxooyeiniine'etiino' niiyou nuhu' honou'o',

[the sky] is still blue. Here is the sun, it is still yellow.

noosouniini, noosouceneeteeyoo'. niine'eehek hinee hiisiis, hinee noosounihooneihit.

But sometime is the future somewhere, we will arrive at a certain point in life.

Wo'ei3 3ebiicxooyeiniihi', 3ebiicxooyeiniihi' he'iitnei'i, he'iitnei'i, he'iitnei'i, heetne'iini noo'uune'etiitowuno'.

We will reach the point that [the elders] told stories about.

noh no'uune'etiitowuno' nuhu' hoo3itootou'u.

Then we will turn this drum over.

Ne'ii3eckuu3oono' niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii.

Here it is [how it looks on the other side].

Niiyou nuh'uuno.

Here is this hide. Here it is, brown due to [age?].

NiiP, niiyou nuhu' wonoP wonotoyeic. Niiyou, niiyou nuhu' heni'niisih'eihit,

Then [the blue part] is yellow.

ne'nihooyoo'.

Then it is yellow.

Ne'nihooyoo'.

In the middle, then it's red.

Neehii3ei' 'oh ne'P ne'P ne'bo'3onoot.

Here is the sky, it will catch fire.

Niiyou nuh'uuno hono', heetne'noh'unoo'oo'.

It will catch fire.

Heetne'P heetne'P, heetne'noh'unoo'oo'.

And there's the sun, it will be red.

Noh neene'eehek hinee hiisiis, heetne'be'eihit.

And that's when this eagle, this eagle, This eagle [with a whole flock] will return.

Noh heetne'iini niine'eehek nehe', niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii, niine'eehek nehe' nii'eihii heetne'ce'no'useet.

Then it will be from the east, that's where they will arrive from.

Ne'P heetniini, hinee cihcenohoe'einiihi' heetnee'ee3no'useet.

And he will bring the Creator with him, he will bring him.

Noh heetno'xohoot hinee, hinee houu heetno'xohoot.

And then our life will come to an end

Noh heetP noh heetP heetne'bee3P bee3iine'etiitooni'

The way our life is up to now.

niiyou nuhu' hee3e'P niiyou nuhu' huune'etiit.

That's the story they told about this drum.

Ne'nih'ii3oo3itoo3oo3i' nehe' ho'eii

It will be fully known to all now. Here is the story, but it is not known [now] by most people.

HeetP Heetbisneenee' hiiwoonhehe'. Niiyou nuh'uuno, 'oh hooyei hoowoe'ineihiinoo.

It's like now the drum is just beaten on.

Kookon wootii beni'P beni'P beni'P beni'tooto'obeet kookon,

People just sing songs around it.

beni'neeniibootiini'.

Today those who truly acted respectfully [towards the drum],

Hiiwoonhehe' hinee, hinee, hinee nih'ii3P nee'ee3neeniihi' hoonookonoontoo3i',

now most of them are not present anymore.

woowuuno, hooyei, hooyei hooweentoono'.

And today, at least a little bit, [we] are trying to make sure that they get some information into them, This younger generation.

Noh hiiwoonhehe' beenhehe', beenhehe', beenhehe' niineyeiciiteteebeihi3i', niine'eehek wonooniii'oo3i'.

Somewhere, somewhere, then somehow, let it be that this is all known again.

He'iitnei'i, he'iitnei'i ne'noyootiiniihi' 'oh heetih'ini, heetihce'eene'in[on]eihiinoo'.