In Our Languages. Voices on Missions.

California Indian voices on what Missions represent

• ‘akkwet horše k-hinnan, kiš sohyen k-hinnan ‘aa ‘e hemme mákkin — My heart is sad on me, oh but we are alive still. Chochenyo Ohlone Vincent Medina

• pachu attap waS aa mishshix rumsen rottey. inn kuwee makk emmen. — Now it is good to be Rumsen again. But we will not forget. Rumsen Ohlone Louis Trevino

• May’ hedda’ hoyul’ may’ jawwan/hak’wiyit — We are still alive. We are strong/tough. Chukchansi Shonna Alexander

• Aqsh’an — Death. Chumash Isa Wel

• tšiykumełtiyutš lo’katsiykoko lo’kapałpali’i. tsiyax’unimayiyuw. – Those padres inherited a sickness from their fathers. They betrayed us all. Ventureño Chumash Matthew (Masa) Vestuto

• Maneemaˀ kiiy šiišoˀvet xaa. — That house is hell. Tongva Jesse Chayaakewe Cameron Briceño-Drescher

• Hespen elelqwachi, Hessoon chacopicah… — Very bad, heart breaking… Cahuilla Rose Ann Hamilton

See Also

California Native American Day 2024: The Fight for the Right to Vote

• Cha’cha paa’chum ‘amáayum chikwishkwi cham/Yam’ya poyam’ya ya’ani – ‘amáayum/Ya’ani – ‘amáayum — We children are suffering/We endured there, and endured there, and are wanting to escape – we children/Run away – we children. Luiseño Richard Bugbee

• Aamuuch — Kill Them. Kumeyaay Stan Rodriguez