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he knew, but then again, things were really good

hą, jaagu hiperesnįįsge anąga eegi žige hąąkešgegają žeeži gaagų eeja hogizuk wažąra gipįesgaire

all of my uncles dies, they went past

Teega eera hitek wahaara hanąąc hinįkehi hąąke wažąnį hajiaraire

my mother was the last on, who was left, she was the only one, she said

heesge hiraaknį hiraaknįra nąąnį eera_šąną hiraakra hota eera eešąną xųnųže ee

before she left, there were a lot of things she told me about all these Indians, how the women used to dress, that’s what she used to do

heesge heesge keenįšge jiikaranį hegų wažąra roohą hųųgiraknąkają hegų hanąąc wąąkšik nąąkre hinųknąąkrešge jaasge hikorohohiresʼagi heesge hiišųnų

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I’ve even seen a picture

hokiwagax hižąšge hacaną

their ears were full of earrings, and they wore bracelets all the way up to the elbow, and they wore a lot of rings and beads

woorušikrašge hegų nąącawara hoixjįire eegi aipa aipaži hegų aišak eejašge hipa nąąp_hirusgicrašge roohąxjį howaǧukire wanąpʼįrąšge roohąxjį nąąpʼįire

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they made all these things for themselves

heesge hegų žeʔe hanąąc wawaʔųire wakikʼųire waʔųnąąk

she also told me how they dressed

eegi hige hikorohora jaasge hiiranąki žige žeesge hanąąc hogirak

they used a file to make the golden bracelets, she said

eegi aipa aipa zii aipa aanąąka ee mąąs hiyaǧošge eeną hiʔųiresʼaže eeną

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they made the patterns that way

hija howakirišnįįsgera žee žeegų hiire waʔųnąąk

now we don’t have these things anymore

hąąke hegųregi heesge cųųnįną

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when they had a medicine dance somewhere, the women used to come there

eegi nįge mąąką ųiregašge hinųkra hija hajiirešųnų

I would fasten their hair ornaments for them

paaxgera ee waicak wawagicakšųnų

in the middle they used thin little beads and those fasteners, those patterns, they put them on there together, she used to put them on there, I used to do it that way, too

hokisak eeja ksuuksikįk wanąpʼį hiʔųire anąga waicaknąka žee howagaxra hakišjek eeja jiinąk wahii hagigišųnų

they were making these ornaments in the middle that way, I’ve seen them

paaxge nąąka hocakenąija hokisak eeja žeegų hiinąkšųnųšge waacašųnų

all about the Indian way of dressing, she told me

jaagura hanąąc wąąkšik ųų hikorohora hanąąc hųųgirak

and these men, how they were going to dress, they did that

žige wąąknąąkre hišge jaasge hikorohoiranąki hige žeesge hiire

when we were at home, when we were growing up, some people would come to visit us

eegi tee hoci eeja haʔųajawįga hįxete nįįsge huuwi ee hąąke ųųsge hisge_šge homąįkįnį hahiirawiną

we used to make a lot of noise there

hąąke ųųsge eeja wooǧe haawi

??? I would say something there

??? hija wažą hihaną

they didn’t want us to do that

hąąke eesgešge tuuxuruk keesge hii roįgigųirawišųnų

we would only sit on the ground

eegi mįįnąk jaagu mąijašąnąšge mįanąkwišųnų

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and the little girls couldn’t sit the way

hinųųpįkrašge hąąke jaasge mįįnąk hiiranągi

she also taught me that, she used to tell me that

heesgešge hįgigųs hųųgirakšųnų

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she used to say, you have to sit with your lower legs underneath you

giporo_mįįnąkre eešųnų

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sitting with you lower legs underneath you and also, if we had dresses on we would cover our legs

giporo_mįįnąkre eegi wajeįkšge hajawigi žee huura waakurukąwį

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she told us how we should sit

ke jaasge mįanąikšąnąwigi žeešge hųųgirakwišųnų

she used to tell me all the time

hųųgirake

we couldn’t do as we pleased

hąąke jaagu jaagu gipįxjį haʔųwinį

when somebody came to visit us we didn’t misbehave

hisge homąįkįnį hahiirawigi hąąke waakikaraknį

we were told not to be that way

heesge roįgiǧiirawišųnų

these young Indians now, they wear their dresses, their clothes really tight

hegų hegųnįgi hegų wąąkšik waceknąkre hikorohora hegų wainįrašge horujasjį howaǧukire

when someone came, I never wore things, that were too short so that the body shows

hišge jaagu huugi eegi hikirujijis nįįsge roora cąątʼįire hąąkeži heesge ųų hopaǧuknį

they wouldn’t let us do that

hąąke žee ųų hįgigiirawinįną

if they could see them now, they’d be ashamed

eejaxjį hegųnįgi heesge waajairegi woirošigeesge

it is forbidden, the Creator said that, it’s his teaching, that’s why we’re doing this

heesge rooǧira heesge eeną, Mąąʔųra hogųs ee hanį nee hira hiyaʔųajawi heesge