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she told me all the different clans and what they mean

woikiikaracnąkišge hanąąc woįgikarak hacįįjašąną eegi jaagu ee waʔųnąki

as for relatives... my uncles... my father had one brother, a man

eegi wažą hokįra hitek wahaara eegiige hižąkiira hiʔąc haara kįįnųp wąąkižą

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their uncles, they’re the bosses

eegi žee hitek wahiirera ee wawirukąnąire

my uncles have the say-so over me, more than my parents

hitek wahaara ee hinųk hanįire jaagu

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once they said something, I had to do it

hižą airegi haʔųkjeesge

none of them would ever get mad at me

nųnįge kešge haga nąąc hisgiiranį

I remember, that they never said anything mean to me

kagašge wažąraižą hirohire hįįgairanį yaaperes

my uncles must have loved me, so I loved my uncles, too

eesge hitek wahaarašge wooxete wįįrešgųnį žige wooxete wahaašųnų

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I used to like it a lot

haipįšųnų roohą

my mother belonged to the chief clan she said

ee eegi nąąnį eera woikiikarac ee hanįirera hųųgikiikarac hųųgiʔe here ee hųųk hiire eeną

that why they lived up to it

eesge heesge hakaragizoire wąąkšik hoʔįra

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they never used to fight

hąąke hąąke haga kikizairanį kikiitakiranį

even if they said something to them, they didn’t say anything

kesge hižą wažąraižą wigairešge hąąke wažą airanį

I know that that’s what my mother used to do all her lifetime

heesge nįįsge eegi nąąnį eera žee heesge hii yaaperes jaajaixjį hipa wąąkšik įįra

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she never argued with anyone, she never got after anyone

kaga hižą kiitakanąga eeja hižąra nąąc hisginį

I don’t know her that way

hąąke eesge yaaperesnį

I had to do housework, that’s the way it is, she said

eegi woore cii woore haʔųkje heesge žee ee

she taught me a lot of things and I always conducted myself that way

hegų wažąra roohąxjį hįgigųsregi heesge haa hakikaranį hoišip

I’m not supposed to mess my life up, that’s what she said

ee eegi hąąke ųųsge wąąkšik hoʔį wakarašgacnįkje heesge ee

one day you’ll have children, she said, whatever you do, they’re going to know even though you don’t tell them, they’re going to know, you cannot fool them, she used to say

eesge hagoreižąišge nįįkjąk hašįnįgi ee jaasge raa raa raašųnų hiperesirekjene hąąke wooragišaraknįšge hiperesirekjene eesge hąąke waraišjąkekje heesganį eešųnų

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once you have children, she said, whatever you enjoy to do, you have to put it aside

eesge jaajaixjį hipa nįįkjąkre hižą hašįnįgi ee heejaixjįipa wažąraižą gipįesge nįgera karatʼųpikje heesge

that’s the way they teach them, she also said

heesge wagigųsiresʼaži hišge ee

my mother and my father were married for over 40 years

eesge hiʔąc haara hiʔųnį haara mąą kerepanąjoop hašąną hakikižu ųų waʔųire

my father passed on, only my mother was left

gają eegi hiʔąc haara jiikere eesge hiʔųnį haarašąną hotaraže

most of the time, me and my older sisters, the three of us, we were always together

žee horohąra hinų haara ee hikitaanį hoišip stoohaawišųnų

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wherever we lived, my sisters they lived by us

hegų hacįįja haciwiga hišge

we always lived close together

hegų aašge kinįįsge haciwi

there are a lot of things.. they way I dressed for dancing...

hegų eegi hąąke ųųsge wažą wažąra roohąxjį hikoroho waši waši yaakikoroho

when I was growing up I used to think the dancing was enjoyable

hįxete huura hegų wašiire gipįesge hiranąąʔįšųnų

there’s a way, she said

eegiige hoʔųižą hijaakšąną ee

whoever puts a feather on you, a warrior, one of the male relatives, you have to put on a feather, she said

hoʔųižą hižą mąąšųų hakere nįgigigi ee wąąk wašoše wažą waraaga eeižą ųų mąąšųų hižą harakerekje heesgeną ee

they said

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my father had a younger brother, Racing Wings they called him

eesge hiʔąc haara hisųk ee hanįra aahu giǧųka higaire

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he went in the service

mąąnąąpe kįį hii

when he came back from World War I, he put a feather on me during a pow-wow, I don’t know how old I was

ceek kizairaregi eeja kirira eeja mąąšųų hakere hįgigi Nįoxawanį eeja mąąjaanąhą hanįgi hąąke yaaperesnį

they sang and I went around in the arena, a lot of them said you did good

heesge nąąwąireanąga eeja waagįgįx ų roohąxjį hegų ųų pįįraara aire

since then, the feather...

eejaxjį hipa mąąšųų eegi

one time, my father’s brother, yes, he’s also my father, told me, when you grow up...

hagoreižą hųųgiraknąkšąną hiʔąc haara kįįnųpra hą nee hiʔąjįk haa hagoreižą hųųgiraknąkšąną nįxete anąga ųųgi

I was in a real battle, there were 34 men

hokizaxjį eeja hanįhe eegi wąąkra kerepąną taanį anąga joopašąną