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In Our Languages – Stephanie Lumsden

In Our Languages – Stephanie Lumsden

Na:tini-xw wint’e-ding

Hoopa Valley (Where the trails return) the forever place

by Stephanie Lumsden (Hupa)

Na:tini-xw ch’idun’-ding

Hoopa Valley, the first place

Ky’a:da:ne:-xosin

Acorn gathering is happening

Ta’na:n-na:niwe:sile’n

Trinity River, as a power one should pray to

Ts’ehdiyah to:-wingkyah

I am happy the water has risen, gotten bigger

Ya’k’itł’oy

They are weaving baskets

Dining’xine:wh-mił – na:sa’a:n xowhniwh

There is a Hupa tradition, I am conscious of it, awake to it

K’iwinya’nya:n-mi’a:winiw’

The Indian (acorn eater) way of doing things

Na:tinixwe q’ina xwe:yłq’it-xwe tsumehstƚ’o:n ‘a:wht’e

I am a Hupa and Redwood Creek woman

Xa:t’i-whixinay

I am still alive, surviving

K’itiwhtł’owh mich’ing’-ding whije:y’-tiwhte’

I have started weaving a basket and for that reason my state of mind is strong

Na:tini-xw wint’e-ding

Hoopa Valley, the forever place

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