Hoopa Valley (Where the trails return) the forever place<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Stephanie Lumsden (Hupa)<\/p>\n \n \n Na:tini-xw ch’idun’-ding<\/p>\n Hoopa Valley, the first place<\/em><\/p>\n Ky’a:da:ne:-xosin<\/p>\n Acorn gathering is happening<\/em><\/p>\n Ta’na:n-na:niwe:sile’n<\/p>\n Trinity River, as a power one should pray to<\/em><\/p>\n Ts’ehdiyah to:-wingkyah<\/p>\n I am happy the water has risen, gotten bigger<\/em><\/p>\n Ya’k’it\u0142’oy<\/p>\n They are weaving baskets<\/em><\/p>\n Dining\u2019xine:wh-mi\u0142 \u2013 na:sa\u2019a:n xowhniwh<\/p>\n There is a Hupa tradition, I am conscious of it, awake to it<\/em><\/p>\n K’iwinya’nya:n-mi’a:winiw’<\/p>\n The Indian (acorn eater) way of doing things<\/em><\/p>\n Na:tinixwe q\u2019ina xwe:y\u0142q\u2019it-xwe tsumehst\u019a\u2019o:n \u2018a:wht\u2019e<\/p>\n I am a Hupa and Redwood Creek woman<\/em><\/p>\n Xa:t\u2019i-whixinay<\/p>\n I am still alive, surviving<\/em><\/p>\n K’itiwht\u0142’owh mich’ing’-ding whije:y’-tiwhte’<\/p>\n I have started weaving a basket and for that reason my state of mind is strong<\/em><\/p>\n Na:tini-xw wint\u2019e-ding<\/p>\n Hoopa Valley, the forever place<\/em><\/p>\n Na:tini-xw wint\u2019e-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’it\u0142’oy They are weaving baskets Dining\u2019xine:wh-mi\u0142 \u2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[446,593,697,355,314,592],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-6584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-our-languages","tag-beauty","tag-hoopa-valley","tag-hupa","tag-in-our-languages","tag-language","tag-stephanie-lumsden"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Trinity_River_near_Hoopa_Cal...-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6584"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Trinity_River_near_Hoopa_Cal...\"](\"http:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Trinity_River_near_Hoopa_Cal...-1024x682.jpg\")
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