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we were going that way, most of the time, my mother, my father worked

eesge nųnįge nįge howarairekjenegi hegų hegų haraireną horohąra nąąnį eerašge hegų jaaji eera warešge

they said it was during a hard time, I didn’t think so, but that’s the way it was

eegi žee žeejąga wažąra woceexi <hira> nįheže aire hąąkešge heesge yaaranįšųnų eeja heesge žee

whenever they went someplace to sell baskets, they brought back a lot of food

eesge nįge howaraire hegų nąąpąą wiiruwį harairešge hegų warucra roohąxjį hanį hakiriire

when my father went to work, he used to get $ 1.50 a day, he used to earn that

hegų jaaji eerašge warahigi hegų žuuraižą anąga kiisak kiira hąąpižą_gašge ruxuruksʼaže ee

some of them only got one dollar a day, my dad used to get more

hegų hotašge hąąpižągašge žuuraižąkiira ruxurukšge nąk nųnįge žeeži hiraicera ruxuruk waʔųješgųnį

all that was enjoyable

eesge hegų gipįesgeži hanąącį hegų

we got our own water

nįįrašge ee wakųtak hireanąga

one day my father said he was going to built a house

hegų žee hige hagoreižą hiʔąc haara cii ciižą ųųkjene žeʔe

there he make it out of roofing paper, and he took floor boards to make the floor

eeja eesge waagax hiciinįįsge nųnįge cii_woomįš nąąparasšge waruus anąga cii nąą nąąparas woomįš ųųnąga

they put a big potbelly stove in the middle of the room, and there was more, it was enjoyable, they even had regular windows

ųųsge peec peecxete mąąspeecnįįsge xete hižą roocąnąąžį cii hokisak eeja kereire hegųžee hiraicera gipįesge hirohąąp wogizukže hija hiʔųire

before that, when we used to live in a wigwam, we had no regular floor

eegi coonįregi ciiporoke eeja haciiwiga hegų hąąke nąąparaswoomįš

we used to have a straw floor

hegų xąąwįšge homįšire anąga

all of these items have names

eegi hegų wažąnąąka wooracnįįsgešge hanįirešųnų

there were some dividing poles by the stove, as they called them

hota peec hijejeejašge nąįkikaras hii ee airešųnų

about in the middle there were those dividing poles to prevent the grass from moving (towards the fireplace)

žee gigoxnįįsge waatʼųpire anąga cii hokisaknįįsge eeja žee hąąke eeja xąąwįra howarairanįkjegi eesge

and towards the front of the fireplace they used a stick to arrange the fire, that was called nanoixiwi

eegi žige coowenįįsge eeja cąąk peec_hokere wiigigoxnįįsge hiʔųirešųnų žeešge nąąnoixixi airešųnų

up on top, my mother said

eegi wąąkeejašge nąąnį eera hegų wee

when they went hunting, they brought back a lot of meat

hanį hegų wažą honįirega hegų wanį wanįra roohąšge hanįakiriire

the wooden cross piece she used to call it, that’s where she used to put the meat (over it)

hota wawikišere anąga rasta hinį ee nįįsge šųnų žeʔe eeja wanįnąkašge haišgic wažušųnų

after a while the meat started to get dry ???

eegi taawusnįįsgairegi hegų hirarexjįgi hegų ???

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when it becomes springtime when they hunted, when they brought back a lot of meat, they built a fire place outside

teeži weenąnįge hegų wažą honįirega hegų roohąxjį watʼehiireke cąąkeja peec wootʼųire anąga

there they cooked the meat with smoke

hegų eeja xiinįįsge wanįnąka tuuc wahiire

I used to think that was enjoyable

gipįesge hiranąąʔįšųnų

I had an uncle that lived not too far away from there

eegi žige hitek haarašge eeja aašgeįk ciire šųnų

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he made a small house by the river

cii xųnųįk hižą ųų jaagu nįį hicec eeja

we lived in Black River

nįįšeep haciiwire

when they went fishing, they used to bring back a lot of fish

hoogisik hoo hoo tʼeehii hoora roohąxjį hanįakiriirešųnų

when that happened, they cleaned all of the meat they got

hegųhegų wanįra waigap waihap hireanąga hanąąc clean waʔųire

after they’d washed them, the farmers went to sell the fish

waružaire anąga hegų mąąx_hagiciejašge hoo wiiruwįire_šge

we often used to eat fish

hegų eesge hoo haackawišųnų

there are different names for the fish

hoora hijąhį hegų raaš rašge waracire

I used to think that was enjoyable

heesge hegų gipįesge hiranąąʔįšųnų

in the spring, when they killed fish and brought back a lot of it, we used to be eating fish

weenąga hegų hoo hootʼehiire hegų roohąxjį hanįakiriirega hoo haacanąkwišųnų

my mother used to make baskets

eesge hąąke nųnįge hige nąąnį eera nąąpąą ųų ųųšųnų

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when I was young, she didn’t let me handle the wood

nąą hąąke ųųsge hįxųnųįkregi hąąke ųų hįgiginį šųnų

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after I grew older, I used her scraps to do the same she was doing, finally I got to know how to do it

nųnįge hahi hįxetera hoxjuknįįsge_raže wayaakišere haʔųnąkʼų watupį

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I used to help her with the wood

nąą eesge hegų hagijitešųnų

I helped her with that a lot

žee hagijite roohą

I had one older sister and one older brother, they used to help

eegi hižąkiira hinųhaa eegiige hižą hicitohaa žeeži wagijirairešųnų

but I wasn’t good for anything, that’s why they never let me do anything

nųnįge teeži jaagu hąąke wažąraįžą wįįnenį eesge hąąke wažąraižą ųų hįgigiiranįšųnų

one day, after they got married they moved out

hagoreižą wąąkšik hakižuirera hegų gixąnąire