Mohawk Language

It Verbs (Mixed Message)

2005-12-30T21:47:00.000-05:00

It Verbs
http://www.urbanskinz.com

Kwe sewakwekon ohnisonhatie?
We're moving of sorts, research iTunes ina day or two you should see a second version of this Podcast. I've begun doing my OWN RSS manually with a text editor, pretty simple. Why, iTunes now has the Lyrics tab in the Get info area so I can put the Owenna'son'a there henceforth so you only need to visit one place to get the Audio AND Owenna'son'a(Words) instead of coming here to see the Word list and Downloading the Audio in iTunes. Check it out at
http://www.mobilepodcast.org/kwiter

Owenna'son'a

It lives - ken:teron
It is big - kakowa:nen
It is small - ken'niwa'a
It has feathers - Iosto:seronte
It is furry - Iononhwe:rhote
It hunts - Wato:rats
It works - Ioio'tens

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

http://www.urbanskinz.com
http://www.mobilepodcast.org/kwiter
http://kwiter.webhop.org

RSS is still at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

I'll ATTEMPT to redirect feedburner to the XML at the new page so you won't need to resubscribe. Not sure it'll work tho :-(

To be Scared (Mixed Message)

2005-12-28T21:33:00.000-05:00

Verb Root - To be scared - tsa:nis

Kwe sewakwekon ohnisonhatie?

Owenna'son'a

I am scared - ketsa:nis
He is scared - ratsa:nis
She is scared - iehtsa:nis
It is scared - katsa:nis

Don't forget to visit our web page which is newly updated at

http://www.urbanskinz.com Complete with new NYC Subway Strike embellished items Thanks Mayor Bloomberg for calling TWU Local 100 Thugs, Great idea for some designs!

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

RSS is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage or easily findable in iTunes Podcast directory.

Numbers (Mixed Message)

2005-12-23T22:16:00.000-05:00

Numbers 1-10,11,12,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90 and 100

Kwe sewakwekon ohnisonhatie?

Sorry for the Delay folks was on Strike Recently and been VERY busy!

Have a Good Holiday and a Happy New Year!

O:nen ki' wahi'

http://www.urbanskinz.com

No new Podcast

2005-12-21T05:56:00.000-05:00

Alas, no new Podcast as my Union TWU Local 100 is on Strike here in NYC.

Parents (Mixed Message)

2005-12-09T15:47:00.000-05:00

Parents

SUPER Quickie, sorry folks too much to do at the moment and too little time to do it ;-)

Hope you find this useful.

Skennen

Donations happily accepted via Paypal to
midgaardserpent AT yahoo DOT com

or Donate by making a purchase from our shop at
http://www.urbanskinz.com

Nia:wen kowa

To be Home (Mixed Message)

2005-11-27T11:29:00.000-05:00

To be Home
11-26-2005 Podcast Owenni:io

Owenna’shon’a

Ki:teron - I am home
tsi:teron - you are home
tsi:teron ken - are you home?
ren:teron - he is home
ren:teron ken - is he home?
ie:teron - she is home
ie:teron ken - is she home?
ken:teron - she or it is home
ken:teron ken - is she or it home?

O:nen ki’ wahi’
Skennen

http://www.urbanskinz.com

http://kwiter.webhop.org

http://www.sweetgrasstraditions.com

Eksa'okonha for iPod Video (Mixed Message)

2005-11-21T20:27:00.000-05:00

iPod Video of Eksa'okonha Kanien'keha

Let em know if it works for you iPod Video owners please.

Skennen

Children's Video (Mixed Message)

2005-11-20T14:23:00.000-05:00

Childrens Video kidvid.asf

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Sorry all you iPod owners, haven't had a chance to convert this to an iPod Video friendly version as yet. Watch in mPlayer or Windows Media Player. If on a Mac try
Flip4Mac, software that lets you play and convert WMP videos and Audio in Quicktime.

Mac folks, if you chop up my Podcasts into individual Words/Phrases and place in your Speakable items folder, turn Speech Recognition on, Plug in a Mic(Built in Mics not so great for Speech Recognition) then speak the name of one of the MP3's you just saved in there, Voila, your Mac will REPLY in Kanien'keha. I suggest you Download Microcosm's FREEWARE audio player, Sound Player for this, as it doesn't require hitting Play, iTunes will do it too BTW but with it's interface onscreen , play sound has no interface to show so it's a CLEANER look ;-)

ALSO if you join Kahonwes's Mohawk-Language list on Yahoogroups in the File section there is a bunch of MP3's of Kanien'keha I did when fooling with the AliceBot software so you'll have a fair library of audio to play withj. You may need to adjust the naming of some to help the Speech Recognition a bit but not too bad eh?

Enjoy!

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

Verb:Wearing (Mixed Message)

2005-11-11T22:43:00.000-05:00

Verbs:Wearing

Happy 90th Birthday Tota Alice!

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

I see we now have over 170 subscribers!

Owenna'shon'a

I am wearing - Wakatston
You are wearing - satston
He is wearing - Rotston
She is wearing - Iakotston
I am wearing a dress/shirt/blouse - Atia:tawi wakatston
She is wearing pants/trousers - Athahsteren iakotston
He is wearing a hat - Anon:waro:re rotston
She is wearing earrings - Ate'wahshare iakotston

Adjectives

Kowa:nen - Big or Large

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Please check out our Website at
http://www.urbanskinz.com and also my personal site at
http://kwiter.webhop.org

Nia:wen

Assorted M Words (Mixed Message)

2005-11-06T18:34:00.000-05:00

Assorted M Words

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Owenna'shon'a

Meadow - Kahenta
Meat - Owaronk
Meat Pie - Tka'wa:ra
Medicine - Ononhkwa'
Men - Rononkwe
Metal - Karihstatsi
Midnight - Ahsonthen
Midtown - Kanathen
Midwinter Festival - Anonhwarori
Milk - Ononta

O:nen ki' wahi

http://www.urbanskinz.com
http://www.cafepress.com/paddlers

Cold Winter (Mixed Message)

2005-10-28T20:00:00.000-04:00

Cold Winter

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

http://www.urbanskinz.com is our Apparel and Housewares page.

Owenna'shon'a

Anon'warore' ki:ken - this is a hat
Akohserakeha atia:tawi ki:ken - this is a winter coat
Iokeren'en - it's snowing
Iotho:re tanon iokeren'en - It's cold and it's snowing
E:so oniehte ka:ien atste nakohsera:ke - There's lots of snow on the ground in the winter time
Oh naho:ten enhatste' - what are you going to wear?
Iotho:re anon:warore' enkatste' - It's very cold I'll wear a hat
Iotho:re akosehrakeha atia:tawi enkatste' - it's very cold I'll wear my winter coat
Satketsko' - Get up
Satketsko' ta:non satkonsohare' - Get up and wash your face
Oh nisahtierha - What are you doing?
Katkonhsohares - I'm washing my face

O:nen ki' wahi

Skennen

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Thunder Boy/Running Late again (Mixed Message)

2005-10-15T20:12:00.000-04:00

Thunderboy Raweras Roien'a

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Running late again on the podcast, prolly won't get to it so will rebroadcast(?) the Thunderboy story Sorry folks

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Where are you going? (Mixed Message)

2005-10-09T18:04:00.000-04:00

Where are you going? - Ka'wahse?

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Checkout

http://www.urbanskinz.com

also check out the Programs, such as Canoeing, offered in Brooklyn NY by the Gowanus Dredgers at
http://www.gowanuscanal.org

Owenna'shon'a

Ka'wahse - where are you going?
Kanon:no wa:ke onakakon - I'm going to NY in a canoe
Ohnontie:ren ken? - WHY?
Ne:tsi khenonwe's - Because I like it

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage for the RSS feed

Cold Revisited (Mixed Message)

2005-09-27T21:43:00.000-04:00

It's freezing cold.........

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Owenna'shon'a

Iotho:re - It's freezing cold
Ne:tsi - Because
Io'keren'en - It's snowing
Sewistos ken - Are you cold?
Kewistos ne:tsi iotho:re - I'm cold because it's freezing cold

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

http://www.urbanskinz.com

Verb root:Money (Mixed Message)

2005-09-22T16:40:00.000-04:00

Verb root:-tonhontso:ni

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Owenna'shon'a

Tewakatonhontso:ni ohwista - I need money
Tesatonhontso:ni ken ohwista? - Do you need money?
Tehotonhontso:ni ken ne ohwsista - Does he need money?
Hen, tehotonhontso:ni ohwista - Yes he needs money
Teiakotonhontso:ni ken ne ohwista? - Does she need money?
Hen, Teiakotonhontso:ni ohwista - Yes, she needs money

O:nen ki' wahi'

Please visit
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I Words (Mixed Message)

2005-09-12T20:16:00.000-04:00

Phrases starting with an I

Owenna'shon'a

It is wet - ionanawen - yo na na wen
It is windy - iaote - ya ote
It is written - kahiaton - kah ya ton
It leaks - iokha's - yok ha's
It lightenings - tewennine'karahwanion's - te wen ni ne' ka rah wan yon's
It rains - iokennores - yo ken no res
It seems - se'(ken) - se' ken
It shows - io:ken - io ken
It smells good(to eat) - kahserakon - kah se ra konh
It snows - wakeren's - wa ke ren' s
It sticks on - iora'nentaks - yo ra' nen taks

O:nen ki' wahi'

Please visit out webpage at

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Checkout Randy's Show Native Voices at

http://www.nativevoicesradio.net

Verbs:Eat/Cook (Mixed Message)

2005-09-03T21:44:00.000-04:00

Verbs:Eat/Cook

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks to Randy at Native Voices over on AIROS for mentioning us on his show recently! If you dunno his show I urge you to check it out too. Shame it can't be Podcast ehnit? http://www.airos.org and look for Native Voices among the MANY excellent NDN shows on there.

Owenna'shon'a

Takatska:hons - I eat
Tehsatska:hons - You eat
Tehatska:hons - He eats
Teiontska:hons - She eats
Tewatska:hons - She (it) eats

Kekhon:nis - I cook
Sekhon:nis - You cook
Rakhon:nis - He cooks
Iekhon:nis - She cooks
Kakhon:nis - She (it) cooks

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Look for us in the iTunes Podcast Listings or subscribe manually in Podcatching software using RSS address
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Visit our website AT

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My Mrs and her friends , 2 Taino Ladies, 1 from Boricua 1 from Quisqeya at
http://www.specialdayhelpers.com for Party Planning and Invitiations and other Printed articles.

Skennen Peace.

Verbs:Put in/Take out (Mixed Message)

2005-08-28T14:30:00.000-04:00

Verbs: To Put in / To Take out

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

First I'd like to remind everyone that I have some Apparel and housewares for sale with the Podcasts image and others on it.
Please visit http://www.urbanskinz.com for a look at these

My Mrs(Quisqeya Taino from Dominican Republic) and her friend Darlyn(a fellow Taino Boricuan/Puerto Rico) are trying to start a Party Planning business, they recently did a nice Baby Shower in Miami from right here in Brooklyn NY Please check them out if you like at http://www.specialdayhelpers.com

I'd ALSO like to mention my friend Shirl's Site at

http://www.sweetgrasstraditions.com

Owenna'shon'a

Keta's - I put in
Seta's - You put in
Rata's - He puts in
Ieta's - She puts in
Kata's - She(it) puts in
Tewata's - We (all) put in
Teneta's - We (2) put in
Sewata's - You (all) put in
Seneta's - You (2) put in
Ronneta's - They (all) put in
Neta's - They (2 men) put in
Keneta's - They (2 Women) put in
Konneta's - They (Women) put in

Ktahkwas - I take out
Stahkwas - You take out
Ratahkwas - He takes out
Ietahkwas - She takes out
Katahkwas - She (it) takes out
Tewatahkwas - We (all) take out
Tenitahkwas - We (2) take out
Sewatahkwas - You (all) take out
Senitahkwas - You (2) take out
Rontahkwas - They (all male) take out
Nitahkwas - They (2 Men) take out
Kenitahkwas - They (2 women) take out
Kontahkwas - They (Women) take out

I:wa or I:kare - it contains

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Hunger (Mixed Message)

2005-08-18T22:41:00.000-04:00

Hunger

Kwe Sewakwekon ohnisonhatie? Ohnahoten owenni:io ken?

Owenna'shon'a

I said I'm hungry - ka:ton wahi katonhkariaks

Did you say you are hungry? - Sa:ton ken satonhkariaks

Did he say he is hungry? - Ra:ton ken ratonhkariaks

Yes, he said he's hungry - Hen, ra:ton ratonhkariaks

Did she say she is hungry? - Ion:ton ken iontonhkariaks

Yes, she said she's hungry - Hen, ion:ton iontonhkariaks

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Please have a gander at our designs at

http://www.urbanskinz.com

Also visit the Party Planners at

http://www.specialdayhelpers.com

Much Thanks to the folks at mobilepodcast.org for providing us space for this endeavor.

RSS feed is at

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iTunes 4.9 and newer will allow you to subscribe to the audio feed of this Blog aka Podcast look for it as Mohawk Language.

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K Owenna'shon'a (Mixed Message)

2005-08-06T19:25:00.000-04:00

K Owenna'shon'a

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

I've finally broken down and registered a Domain name for my Apparel/Housewares Designs, Please visit http://www.urbanskinz.com for more details.
Seems I buggered up the URL of my friends page in the Podcast the CORRECT URL is
http://www.sweetgrasstraditions.com/

Owenna'shon'a

Kathontats - I consent
Kathsokwas - I Smoke
Kathsoris - I eat soup
Katkahthos - I see/look
Katke - When/Whenever
Katke ok - Sometime
Katkwitha - I move over
Katon - I say/I am saying
Katonhkaria'ks - I am hungry
Katorats - I hunt
Katoris - I drive
Kats - Come here!

O:nen ki' wahi'

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You can subscribe via iTunes 4.9 or later pretty easily.

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I'm Writing.......(Mixed Message)

2005-07-29T15:57:00.000-04:00

I'm Writing..............

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Sorry I missed Last Week.

Owenna'shon'a

Khia:tons - I'm writing
Ohnisatierha - What are you doing?
Rahia:tons - He's writing
Ohniiontierha - What is she doing?
Iehia:tons - She is writing
Ohniwatierha - What is it doing?
Kahia:tons - It is writing(or Printing)
Ohnihatierha - What is he doing?

Put this down (Mixed Message)

2005-07-16T15:24:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Oh nahoten owenni:io ken?

First off, you can help support us by purchasing merchandise at

http://www.cafepress.com/ohkwari

For more info on the Movie player I mentioned checkout

http://www.movieadvance.com or http://www.lik-sang.com

Owenna'shona

Put this down - Is:ren ki:ken
Put that down - Is:ren thi:ken
Put the fork down - Is:ren tiera'wistahkwa
Put the knife down - Is:ren a:share
Put the spoon down - Is:ren atokwa
Put the plate down - Is:ren ake:ra

O:nen ki' wahi'

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.......ki:ken (Mixed Message)

2005-07-09T14:05:00.000-04:00

NIA:WEN KOWA Many Thanks to Russell Holliman at mobilepodcast.org for quickly fixing the glitch in my folder on their system. Got me frazzled, thought I'd been hacked.

Owenna'shon'a

Nakontie:iens ki:ken - This is underwear
Oai:kara ki:ken - This is a Blouse
Ohwhasa' ki:ken - This is a skirt
Atia:tawi ki:ken - This is a shirt or dress
Athahsteren' ki:ken - These are pants or slacks

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

BTW you can help support the Podcast now by visiting cafepress and buying a Owenni:io T Shirt. http://www.cafepress.com/ohkwari

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iTunes 4.9 FREE for Windows and Mac OSX now lets you subscribe to Podcasts like this one, Download it if you don't already have it. It's computerphobe proof ;-)

Nia:wen kowa Much Thanks to the fine folks at Mobilepodcast for their continued support of this Podcast. Visit them at http://www.mobilepodcast.org

My website is at
http://kwiter.webhop.org (a free domain rerouter is used)

Did I mention local Brooklyn Diva, Martha Redbone? I know I did, just love to mention local talent. BTW she is a Nammy winner. whats a Nammy? It's the Native American Music Awards version to the Grammy Awards. Check them out at

http://www.nammys.com

If you want to know who's HOT in the NDN Music Scene check them out

List of latest winners

7th Annual Winners

A. Artist of the Year
Litefoot "Native American Me" (Red Vinyl)

B. Best Blues/Jazz Recording
Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band "Indian Harmony" (CG)

C. Best Compilation Recording - Various Artists
Northern Cree & Friends "Honoring Singers & Songmakers Vol 2" (Cyn)

D. Debut Artist/Group of the Year
Jay Nez "My Family" (Dream 1)

E. Best Female Artist
Yolanda Martinez "Native Heartbeat" (Legends Alive)

F. Best Folk/Country Recording
Qua Ti Si "Through Indian Eyes" (Shadagea)

G. Flutist of the Year
Billy Whitefox "When The Wind Sings" (Singing Wolf)

H. Gospel/Christian Recording
Rezawrecktion "It's Time" (Lions Den)

I. Duo/Group of the Year
Blackfire "Woody Guthrie Singles" (Tacoho)

J. Best Historical Recording
Cozad "California Pow Wow" (Soar)

K. Best Independent Recording
Stan Summers "Walkin' n Fire" (CPR)

L. Best Instrumental Recording
Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony "Signature - Parmly's Dream" P)

M. Best Male Artist
Eli Secody "Butterfly" (Secody)

N. Best New Age Recording
Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk)

O. Best Pop/Rock Recording
The 9 Featuring Micki Free "Ruff Masters" (Island)

P. Best Pow Wow Recording
Black Lodge, Star Society, Mocassin Flats "Blackfoot Pow Wow"

Q. Best Producer
Tom Wasinger & Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SWave)

R. Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording
Shadowyze "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)

S. Record of the Year
Jim Boyd "Going To The Stick Games" (Thunderwolf)

T. Song/Single of the Year
Jimmy Lee Young 'One Voice One Cry" (Crystal Feather)

U. Songwriter of the Year
Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)

V. Best Spoken Word Recording
Mary Louise Defender Wilson "The Way We Are" (Makoche')

W. Best Traditional Recording
Randy Wood "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon)

X. Best Short or Long Form Video
Walela "Walela Live In Concert" (Rich Heape Films)

Y. Best World Music Recording
Yarina "Nawi" (Yari)

Z. Native Heart
Scott August "Sacred Dreams" (Cedar Mesa)

looks like a problem

2005-07-09T12:58:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, looks like mobilepodcast.com has inadvertently destroyed my folder on their server. I just emailed Russell there and hope it'll be back soon. Sorry for the inconvenience folks.

I have the new Podcast already to go. I'll see if I can find an alternative host for the time being.

O:nen ki' wahi'

Strength (Mixed Message)

2005-07-02T14:18:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Owenna'shon'a

Rake'niha Ra'satste - My Dad/Father is strong
Sehsatste ken ni:se - Are you strong?
Hen Kehsatste - Yes, I am strong
Satkahtho Kehsatste - Look I'm strong

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

RSS Feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

you can now Download/Subscribe to Podcasts via Apple's FREE iTunes Software version 4.9 for either Macintosh or Windows

Checkout Martha Redbone's Music, saw her preform last night at Prospect Park , What a Blast!

What are you doing? (Mixed Message)

2005-06-25T16:13:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? oh nahoten owenni:io ken?

Owenna'shon'a

What are you doing? - Ohnishatiehrha

I'm taking a bath - Kata:wens

O:nen ki' wahi'

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Are you tired? (Mixed Message)

2005-06-18T15:31:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie?

Sorry for missing last week.

Owenna'shon'a

Are you tired - tesahwishenhe:ion ken

Yes - Hen

I am tired - tewakhwihshenheion

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O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Illness (Mixed Message)

2005-06-04T12:16:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, I'm in a rush, I apologize for the lkateness of the Cast but been BUSY ;-)

Kara - Illness, Disease or Sickness

Karaksen - Venereal Disease

Wakitonkwaros - I have a fever

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

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Bedtime Banter (Mixed Message)

2005-05-21T13:35:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Oh nahoten owenni:io ken?

Todays Podcast is about things you'd say and ask at Bedtime. Enjoy

Don't forget to check out

http://www.mohawk-radio.com for Kahnawake Condors Hockey Games and a 3-4 hour weekly Kanien'keha show.

Also please checkout our hosts website at

http://www.mobilepodcast.org

Our RSS feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

My webpage is at http://kwiter.webhop.org

O:nen ki' wahi'
Skennen

Who what where when etc (Mixed Message)

2005-05-13T22:43:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, I apologize for the tardiness of this podcast. Seems I lost a week ;-)

Anyway here's the owenna'shona

And - Tahnon
Also - Oni
But - Nek tsi
If - Tokat
Then - Tho:ne
For - Iken'
What - Oh nahoten
Where - Tsi nonwe
When - Katke
Who - Onhka
How - Oh niioht

O:nen ki' wahi'

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I plant in the spring (Mixed Message)

2005-04-29T19:45:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Oh nahoten owenni:io ken?

Yet ANOTHER quick Podcast, I hope that them being SHORT helps you folks retain the information presented here.

http://www.kahnawake.com to see info on the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake working with Microsoft to develop software for Kanien'kehaka.

Owenna'shona The Words

I Plant - Kienthos/Kyenthos(No "Y" in Kahnawake and some other areas)
In the Spring - Kenhkwitène'
Weed - Kahontaksen
Flower - Otsitsia

These are my words for now - Thok niwakewen:nake niahkwe(Nia:wen Roianer Gilbert for these words)

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now
Skennen Peace

In the Morning (Mixed Message)

2005-04-26T20:25:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie. Oh nahoten owenni:io.

Sorry for the lateness of the Podcast. Life gets in the way eh?

In the Morning or Morning - Orhen'kene
We are going to eat - Wa'titewatska'hon:ne
Egg(s) - O'nhonhsa
And - Tahnon
Fried Potatoes - Kahnenna'takehrita

O:nen ki' wahi'

Skennen

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My Webpage is at

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Are you well? (Mixed Message)

2005-04-16T19:49:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Oh nahoten owenni:io ken?

Another quickie Podcast entitled "Are you well?"

How are you? - Ohnisonhatie or Sata'karite ken?

Yes - Hen

Everything is fine - Akwekon skennen or Wakata'karite

O:nen ki' wahi'

RSS Feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

My webpage is at http://kwiter.webhop.org

Spammers ruin comments

2005-04-12T05:59:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, got hit by some XXX SPAM here so Anonymous posting is no longer available. You'll have to register to be able to post henceforth.

Skennen

Upcoming 2 Week language Course

2005-04-10T18:02:00.000-04:00

Nia:wen Sakoieta for this info

--- Sakoieta wrote:
>
>
> She:kon, Sewakwekon:
> Just to let you know. There is going to be a two
> week language
> instruction course in the Mohawk language at the
> Jake Thomas Learning
> Centre at Six Nations on the Grand River Iroquois
> Territory from July
> 18 - 29, 2005. For more info. Please contact Yvonne
> Thomas at
> http://www.worldchat.com/~jtlc/ Take care and stay
> strong. Onen ki.
>

The Good Word............

2005-04-07T22:47:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, ohnisonhatie? Oh nahoten owenni:io ken?
As you may be noticing, I was a bit OFF on my addition
of the iyo/iio(Kahnawakero:non don't use the letter Y)
suffix to the base word for Word, Owenna. Luckily for us
all, Phil "Tawiskaron" H. was kind enough to point out
my mistake.
So hence forth I HOPE to remember to use owenni:io
instead of Owenna'tiio.

Fruit (Mixed Message)

2005-04-07T17:20:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, oh nisonhatie? oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken? Kwiter ionkiats.

I hope you're all listening in via the Radio and or via the web to K103.7 Kahnawake's 6 time daily broadcasts of Kanien'keha owenna'shona. K103 The monster of the Seaway has a website at http://www.k103radio.com listen online using Windows Media Player

Todays EARLY podcast, usually do them on Saturday, is about Fruit, not ALL fruit, just a few words. Total Running time is just over 1 minute and about 320k download, slim enough even for Dialup.

Owenna'shona

Fruit - Kahik
Pear - Katshe'kahik
Apple - Sewahiowane
Crabapple - Sewahiowane'on:we
Cherry or Cherries - Eri

These are my words for now - Thok niwakewen:nake niahkwe

O:nen ki' wahi' Goodbye for now

Skennen Peace.

Milk and Potatoes (Mixed Message)

2005-04-03T12:37:00.000-04:00

Kwe sewakwekon, oh nisonhatie. Oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken?

Todays Words are

Milk - Onònta

Potato - Ohnenna:ta

I know short and sweet.

K103 Radio is now broadcasting Lessons 6 times a day so I may go the way of the Dinosaurs ;-)

http://www.k103radio.com You can listen over the radio or net. K103.7 Kahnawake. If yer in the Montreal area you can Probaly pick it up on the radio otherwise use Windows Media Player ;-)

O:nen ki' wahi'

Get Up Stand Up (Mixed Message)

2005-03-25T21:26:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, here's a bit of fun , if maybe Bob Marley had been Kanien'kehaka his famous song Get up Stand up might have been

Satketsko - Get Up
Tehstan - Stand Up

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Skennen Peace

http://kwiter.webhop.org

RSS Feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

Steak and Cornbread (Mixed Message)

2005-03-19T10:02:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, I got ANOTHER new gadget, an iRiver IFP-380T MP# player, pretty cool unit and has line in, built in Mic for direct recording to it, also has FM radio in it which you can also record and of course plays MP3's and WMA's. It's kind of similar to the iPod shuffle tho this has a screen and is about 3 * the thickness and weight than a shuffle. Why am I telling you this, I used it to record this podcast via the inbuilt Mic, don't sound bad to me but let me know your thoughts, a Podcast like this clarity is King eh? No use if you can't understand what I'm saying ehnit?

Okie, the word list

Steak/Meat - Owaron
And - Tahnon
Cornbread - Kanataro'khon:we(not 100% on the spelling of this)

Once more nia:wen kowa Many Thanks to Russell Holliman at http://www.mobilepodcast.org
for letting us use some of their bandwidth and space to host these.

RSS feed for iPodder/Doppler etc etc is http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

My web page is at http://kwiter.webhop.org

Please visit http://www.kahonwes.com tahnon http://www.kanienkehaka.com for more language info ;-)

Got a hankering to know whats going on in Kahnawake, visit
http://www.easterndoor.com tahnon http://www.kahnawake.com

Skennen Peace

Are you cold? (Mixed Message)

2005-03-13T22:56:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, the last of our Winter oriented Podcasts methinks

Are you cold? - Sewihstos ken
Yes, I'm cold - Hen, kewihstos

RSS is at

http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage
or
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kanienkeha

My Web page is at

http://kwiter.webhop.org

Enjoy

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now.

Thunder Boy (Mixed Message)

2005-03-08T20:12:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, I know I usually type out the WHOLE thing of any Owenna'shona/words but I'm too lazy to type the whole story up ;-) Taking advantage of my girls being asleep and my Mrs being at her Sister's visiting so I recorded a Traditional story known as Thunder boy, there's many versions this is just one, a totally different version can be seen in the Hallmark mini series The Dreamkeepers starring Kahnawakero:non actress Alex Rice who surprisingly is not a direct relation(Ihsta'a Mom's a Rice). BTW I highly recommend this film, I saw the premiere here in NYC and was blown away by the story and visuals.

Pardon any pronunciation mistakes, I'm kinda BEAT! After I put this up I'm hitting the couch and idiot box (Tka:ras), I figger in 15 minutes or so it'll be watching me eh!

BTW we now have 12 or so subscribers to this Podcast, dunno how many folks catch it direct from this page tho. Podcast programs make subscribing and getting any new files easy, I use iPodderX on my Mac computer, I have used iPodder as well which is cross platform, that is to say you can get it for Windows also, I hear Doppler is good for Windows folk too.

Another tidbit, this is my longest Podcast yet at just a hair under 9 minutes and a tad large at a bit over 4 megs. Most are under 2 minutes and under 1 meg in size.

Well I notice I'm rambling so it's time to go! Hope you enjoy these Audio Files , please leave comments or email me at kwiter@gmail.com

Nia:wen
O:nen ki' wahi'

RSS feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage or
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kanienkeha

Either of these plugged into a Podcast prg will automatically download new files as they become available.

Skennen!

Fart/It Stinks (Mixed Message)

2005-03-05T20:15:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, HOPEFULLY 1 a week from now on on Podcasts ;-)

Short one as ever , both to make it easier to retain what you learn and for me to do them ;-)

Fart - Kenni'tenies - Ken ni ten ies
It Stinks - Kaiatake'ras - Ka ia ta ke ras

Ken - Denotes a question or like the Canadain/British "Eh?"
I:se - You

Hope this helps you folks

Skennen Peace

Once more I'd like to thank Russell Holliman at mobilepodcast.org for providing space for our Podcasts. Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks Russell

RSS Feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

or

http://feeds.feedburner.com/kanienkeha

My homepage is http://wishe.webhop.org

Snow Storm is coming error (Mixed Message)

2005-02-26T12:27:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, I buggered up the pronunciation of "A Snow storm is Coming Tekanien'kwatasehe" Hopefully I got it right this time eh?

Sorry for the mistake, some of my notes are scribbled and it APPEARED that there was a space tween k and w in Tekanien'kwatasehe ala Tekanien'k watasehe so I pronounced that way. DOH!

O:nen ki' wahi'

A Snowstorm is coming (Mixed Message)

2005-02-26T09:39:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone, another QUICK podcast today.

In honourof the weather Shonkwaiatihson is providing here's one that covers it of late in the Northeast.

Tekanien'kwatasehe - A Snow storm is coming

Kanon:no - New York

Kanon:noro:non Person from New York

Like I said, QUICK! ;-)

Nia:wen Thank you Russell Holliman at mobilepodcast.org for his genereously Hosting the Podcasts audio files.

RSS feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage
or
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Kanienkeha

My webpage is at http://wshe.webhop.org

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Podcast seems Screwed up!

2005-02-22T17:44:00.000-05:00

Kwe sewakwekon, Hello all, seems the Podcast is Broken. I'm going to ATTEMPT unsubbing and resubbing but ot8.mp3 and kidvid.asf show up fine here in the Blog but aren't downloading with iPodderX for some reason :-(

I THINK my including the kidvid.asf is the culprit casuing MASSIVE over qouta problems with geocities.com free hosting.

Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks to Russell Holliman at
http://www.mobilepodcasting.org for providing us 50 megs of Space on their server so I can continue this stuff.

I gotta remember to AVOID 10 minute Videos in the future!

Drat Drat and Double Drat to qoute Dick Dastardly!

Skennen Peace.

Kids Video (Mixed Message)

2005-02-19T13:35:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, this video is old and FULL of pronunciation errors but still may be useful and entertaining to you.
Some of you folks may find you need to change the name to kidvid.wmv to get it to play right. Weird anamoly of sorts

Sorry for the MISSING FILE error on the ast podcast. I uploaded it and didn't notice I'd gotten an illegal filename error and simply assumed it uploaded correctly.

Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks to George Hunter of Silvercloud for providing us with the Music, The Old Mocassin Dance a traditional social dance.

This feed will likely also wind up on the www.me-tv.com aggregator, looks like an interesting project. Might have to start doing video again, tho when I'll get the time to do that is a mystery I haven't unraveled as yet.

Skennen Peace

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Where are you going? (Mixed Message)

2005-02-18T17:57:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone, sorry for the long delay in Podcasts.

Where are you going - Ka' wahse
Where is it - Ka'nonwe
Who is it - Onhka kiken' or Onhka n'ise(who are you) or Onhka ne ne'e

Hopeflly I'll get another one done soon. Might add a video to this, please let me know if thats a problem eh. About a 8-10 Meg file in Windows media player format.

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks to Russell Holliman(I hope I spelled that right!) at
http://www.mobilepodcasting.org for his GENEROUSLY giving me 50 megs of space to continue my podcasts.

Espescially good since Geocities seems to be getting over run by my podcast and over qouta errors happening!
DOH!

Bread and Water (Mixed Message)

2005-02-08T21:18:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in podcasting, too many demands upon my time espescially with my Eldest daughters 5th birthday approaching ;-) So here's another quickie podcast, Hopefully I'll be using my Nomad Jukebox soon to record podcasts as it has audio capture built in, Great finds on Ebay sometimes. 10 Gig MP3 jukebox for $21, AMAZING!

Kanataro - Bread
And - Tahnon
Onekanos - Water
Ionkiats/Yonkyats - My name is
oh nahoten Iesaiats/Yesayats

RSS Feed for iPodderX, Doppler etc at http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

By all means leave feedback

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now
Skennen Peace.

Don't Touch it/I'll be Back (Mixed Message)

2005-01-26T21:54:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone, January 26, 2005

Another QUICK Podcast, only about 1.5 minutes or so, finally added art to the mp3 file using iTunes ;-)
Perfect for parents with little ones ;-)

Tohsa Natsier - Don't touch that
Wats Tentke - I'll be back

Please let me know if the underlying music is causing trouble understanding the Podcast.

Nia:wen kowa Many Thanks

RSS Feed at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

The Months of the Year (Mixed Message)

2005-01-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Kwiter ionkiats. Oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken?
Hello everyone, my name is Peter. What's the good word?

This time i'll be passing on to you

The months of the year

January - Tsothorkowa - The Big Cold
February - Enniska - The Time of Lateness
March - Ennisko:wa - The Time of Much Lateness
April - Onerahtokha - The Budding Time
May - Onerahtohko:wa - The Time of Big Leaf
June - Ohiari:ha - The Ripening Time
July - Ohiarihko:wa - The Time of Much Ripening
August - Seskeha - The Time of Freshness
September - Seskehko:wa - The Time of Much Freshness
October - Kentenha - The Time of Poverty
November - Kentenhko:wa - The Time of Much Poverty
December - Tsothohrha - The time of Cold

This podcast is 1.2 megs....I think the largest yet, 2.5 minutes or so ;-)

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

Skennen Peace

RSS Feed is at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

I speak my heart. (Mixed Message)

2005-01-16T13:52:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken? Hello everyone, whats the good word?

Another VERY short note, only a few words for easy digestablity.

My - Prefix Akw
Heart - Aweriahsa
My Heart - Akwaweriahsa
And - Tahnon
I Speak/Say - Katatis
Come/Come here - Kats
Now - O:nen
Listen, all of you - Sewatahon'satat

Now that I'm starting to really get into this I'm archiving stuff like an intro , and sound FX , Thanks for the music, outro etc
This should have 2 effects, quicker for me to update and make new podcasts and allow me to ramble on longer and maybe chat a bit about NDN Country eh. So far not that many folks subscribing to this but hopefully it'll help some folks learn a bit. I know doing them helps me learn..............actually it helps me remember vocabulary easier, saying it for three or four takes tends to etch it on my mind. for example, the other day I used Sewatahon'satat in the vocabulary list and today when I reused it I didn't need to look it up again. Essentially todays Vocabulary list will be part of each podcast I think, the Rattle to call everyone to listen sounds good, didn't have a Horn rattle handy , mebbe I can get George Hunter(of Silvercloud) to make me one up eh....You listening Ratorats? ;-) cheated and used a jar of Vitamins ;-)

I know I know I forgot to add Whats the Good Word to this podcast........Did it while kheio'okonha my daughters were still here so was a bit harried ;-) They are 3 and 4.

Hope the few folks listening in enjoy this, if so please leave a comment here.

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now
Skennen Peace

RSS Feed For My Podcast for January 16th. Come now and listen all of you, I speak my heart.

Check out My Podcast for January 16th. Come now and listen all of you, I speak my heart.

Listen, all of you to the crickets/be careful (Mixed Message)

2005-01-14T17:00:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone, the spelling of the words used in this podcast are as follows

Sewatahon'satat - Listen, all of you
Taraktarak - Cricket
Taraktarak'okonha - Crickets
Se'nikonrarak - be careful
Skennen - Peace

Seems in my haste to try this podcasting stuff I forgot to mention WHERE the feed is fo those using iPodderX etc so let me try to add that in each post henceforth eh.
To subscribe to this podcast add http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage to iPodderX or whatever podcasting prg you are using. Sorry for the cockup eh.

Check out My Podcast for January 14th. Listen, all of you, be careful/ to the crickets

Mohawk Language

2005-01-14T16:14:00.000-05:00

Mohawk Language

I feel like a Fool!

The RSS for the podcast of these items is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MohawkLanguage

DOH! Fwap against my forehead!

Whatcha think?

2005-01-14T11:48:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, so what do you folks think of this
Blog/podcast thingamybob?

O:nen ki' wahi' Bye for now

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Owenna'tiio The Good Word (Mixed Message)

2005-01-11T20:38:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Kwiter ionkiats, oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken? Hello everyone, my name is Peter, what's the good word?

Background music entitled the Great Southwest graciously provided by JTK at copacetix.com , part of their open-songs.com project of Royalty Free music.

Owenna'shona - Words

1 - Enska
2 - Tekeni
3 - Ahsen
4- Kaieri
5 - Wisk
6 - Iaiak
7 - Tsata
8 - Shatekon
9 - Tioton
10 - Oieri
Hello - Kwe Kwe or She:kon
Goodbye - O:nen ki' wahi'
Thank you - Nia:wen
You're Welcome - Nio
Net - A'are
Peace - Skennen

Hope I didn't forget any of the vocabulary, did this off the top of my head hence some of the droneing blather ;-)

Check out My Podcast for the week of January 9th. Oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken? What's the good word?.

Iktomi and the Ducks Story (Mixed Message)

2005-01-09T01:38:00.000-05:00

Hi folks, I know this is neither Mohawk related nor language related but what the heck.

Here's a Story called Iktomi and the Ducks

Check out My Podcast for the week of January 2nd. Iktomi and the Ducks Story.

Iktomi and the Ducks

Iktomi is a spider fairy. He wears brown deerskin leggins
with long soft fringes on either side, and tiny beaded moccasins on
his feet. His long black hair is parted in the middle and wrapped
with red, red bands. Each round braid hangs over a small brown ear
and falls forward over his shoulders.

He even paints his funny face with red and yellow, and draws
big black rings around his eyes. He wears a deerskin jacket, with
bright colored beads sewed tightly on it. Iktomi dresses like a
real Dakota brave. In truth, his paint and deerskins are the best
part of him--if ever dress is part of man or fairy.

Iktomi is a wily fellow. His hands are always kept in
mischief. He prefers to spread a snare rather than to earn the
smallest thing with honest hunting. Why! he laughs outright with
wide open mouth when some simple folk are caught in a trap, sure
and fast.

He never dreams another lives so bright as he. Often his own
conceit leads him hard against the common sense of simpler people.

Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp. And so long as he
is a naughty fairy, he cannot find a single friend. No one helps
him when he is in trouble. No one really loves him. Those who
come to admire his handsome beaded jacket and long fringed leggins
soon go away sick and tired of his vain, vain words and heartless
laughter.

Thus Iktomi lives alone in a cone-shaped wigwam upon the
plain. One day he sat hungry within his teepee. Suddenly he
rushed out, dragging after him his blanket. Quickly spreading it
on the ground, he tore up dry tall grass with both his hands and
tossed it fast into the blanket.

Tying all the four corners together in a knot, he threw the
light bundle of grass over his shoulder.

Snatching up a slender willow stick with his free left hand,
he started off with a hop and a leap. From side to side bounced
the bundle on his back, as he ran light-footed over the uneven
ground. Soon he came to the edge of the great level land. On the
hilltop he paused for breath. With wicked smacks of his dry
parched lips, as if tasting some tender meat, he looked straight
into space toward the marshy river bottom. With a thin palm
shading his eyes from the western sun, he peered far away into the
lowlands, munching his own cheeks all the while. "Ah-ha!" grunted
he, satisfied with what he saw.

A group of wild ducks were dancing and feasting in the
marshes. With wings outspread, tip to tip, they moved up and down
in a large circle. Within the ring, around a small drum, sat the
chosen singers, nodding their heads and blinking their eyes.

They sang in unison a merry dance-song, and beat a lively
tattoo on the drum.

Following a winding footpath near by, came a bent figure of a
Dakota brave. He bore on his back a very large bundle. With a
willow cane he propped himself up as he staggered along beneath his
burden.

"Ho! who is there?" called out a curious old duck, still
bobbing up and down in the circular dance.

Hereupon the drummers stretched their necks till they
strangled their song for a look at the stranger passing by.

"Ho, Iktomi! Old fellow, pray tell us what you carry in your
blanket. Do not hurry off! Stop! halt!" urged one of the singers.

"Stop! stay! Show us what is in your blanket!" cried out
other voices.

"My friends, I must not spoil your dance. Oh, you would not
care to see if you only knew what is in my blanket. Sing on! dance
on! I must not show you what I carry on my back," answered Iktomi,
nudging his own sides with his elbows. This reply broke up the
ring entirely. Now all the ducks crowded about Iktomi.

"We must see what you carry! We must know what is in your
blanket!" they shouted in both his ears. Some even brushed their
wings against the mysterious bundle. Nudging himself again, wily
Iktomi said, "My friends, 't is only a pack of songs I carry in my
blanket."

"Oh, then let us hear your songs!" cried the curious ducks.

At length Iktomi consented to sing his songs. With delight
all the ducks flapped their wings and cried together, "Hoye! hoye!"

Iktomi, with great care, laid down his bundle on the ground.

"I will build first a round straw house, for I never sing my
songs in the open air," said he.

Quickly he bent green willow sticks, planting both ends of
each pole into the earth. These he covered thick with reeds and
grasses. Soon the straw hut was ready. One by one the fat ducks
waddled in through a small opening, which was the only entrance
way. Beside the door Iktomi stood smiling, as the ducks, eyeing
his bundle of songs, strutted into the hut.

In a strange low voice Iktomi began his queer old tunes. All
the ducks sat round-eyed in a circle about the mysterious singer.
It was dim in that straw hut, for Iktomi had not forgot to cover up
the small entrance way. All of a sudden his song burst into full
voice. As the startled ducks sat uneasily on the ground, Iktomi
changed his tune into a minor strain. These were the words he
sang:

"Istokmus wacipo, tuwayatunwanpi kinhan ista nisasapi kta,"
which is, "With eyes closed you must dance. He who dares to open
his eyes, forever red eyes shall have."

Up rose the circle of seated ducks and holding their wings
close against their sides began to dance to the rhythm of Iktomi's
song and drum.

With eyes closed they did dance! Iktomi ceased to beat his
drum. He began to sing louder and faster. He seemed to be moving
about in the center of the ring. No duck dared blink a wink. Each
one shut his eyes very tight and danced even harder. Up and down!
Shifting to the right of them they hopped round and round in that
blind dance. It was a difficult dance for the curious folk.

At length one of the dancers could close his eyes no longer!
It was a Skiska who peeped the least tiny blink at Iktomi within
the center of the circle. "Oh! oh!" squawked he in awful terror!
"Run! fly! Iktomi is twisting your heads and breaking your necks!
Run out and fly! fly!" he cried. Hereupon the ducks opened their
eyes. There beside Iktomi's bundle of songs lay half of their
crowd--flat on their backs.

Out they flew through the opening Skiska had made as he rushed
forth with his alarm.

But as they soared high into the blue sky they cried to one
another: "Oh! your eyes are red-red!" "And yours are red-red!"
For the warning words of the magic minor strain had proven true.
"Ah-ha!" laughed Iktomi, untying the four corners of his blanket,
"I shall sit no more hungry within my dwelling." Homeward he
trudged along with nice fat ducks in his blanket. He left the
little straw hut for the rains and winds to pull down.

Having reached his own teepee on the high level lands, Iktomi
kindled a large fire out of doors. He planted sharp-pointed sticks
around the leaping flames. On each stake he fastened a duck to
roast. A few he buried under the ashes to bake. Disappearing
within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells.
These were his dishes. Placing one under each roasting duck, he
muttered, "The sweet fat oozing out will taste well with the
hard-cooked breasts."

Heaping more willows upon the fire, Iktomi sat down on the
ground with crossed shins. A long chin between his knees pointed
toward the red flames, while his eyes were on the browning ducks.

Just above his ankles he clasped and unclasped his long bony
fingers. Now and then he sniffed impatiently the savory odor.

The brisk wind which stirred the fire also played with a
squeaky old tree beside Iktomi's wigwam.

From side to side the tree was swaying and crying in an old
man's voice, "Help! I'll break! I'll fall!" Iktomi shrugged his
great shoulders, but did not once take his eyes from the ducks.
The dripping of amber oil into pearly dishes, drop by drop, pleased
his hungry eyes. Still the old tree man called for help. "He!
What sound is it that makes my ear ache!" exclaimed Iktomi, holding
a hand on his ear.

He rose and looked around. The squeaking came from the tree.
Then he began climbing the tree to find the disagreeable sound. He
placed his foot right on a cracked limb without seeing it. Just
then a whiff of wind came rushing by and pressed together the
broken edges. There in a strong wooden hand Iktomi's foot was
caught.

"Oh! my foot is crushed!" he howled like a coward. In vain he
pulled and puffed to free himself.

While sitting a prisoner on the tree he spied, through his
tears, a pack of gray wolves roaming over the level lands. Waving
his hands toward them, he called in his loudest voice, "He! Gray
wolves! Don't you come here! I'm caught fast in the tree so that
my duck feast is getting cold. Don't you come to eat up my meal."

The leader of the pack upon hearing Iktomi's words turned to
his comrades and said:

"Ah! hear the foolish fellow! He says he has a duck feast to
be eaten! Let us hurry there for our share!" Away bounded the
wolves toward Iktomi's lodge.

From the tree Iktomi watched the hungry wolves eat up his
nicely browned fat ducks. His foot pained him more and more. He
heard them crack the small round bones with their strong long teeth
and eat out the oily marrow. Now severe pains shot up from his
foot through his whole body. "Hin-hin-hin!" sobbed Iktomi. Real
tears washed brown streaks across his red-painted cheeks. Smacking
their lips, the wolves began to leave the place, when Iktomi cried
out like a pouting child, "At least you have left my baking under
the ashes!"

"Ho! Po!" shouted the mischievous wolves; "he says more ducks
are to be found under the ashes! Come! Let us have our fill this
once!"

Running back to the dead fire, they pawed out the ducks with
such rude haste that a cloud of ashes rose like gray smoke over
them.

"Hin-hin-hin!" moaned Iktomi, when the wolves had scampered
off. All too late, the sturdy breeze returned, and, passing by,
pulled apart the broken edges of the tree. Iktomi was released.
But alas! he had no duck feast.

I Feel Fine (Mixed Message)

2005-01-08T22:36:00.000-05:00

Check out My Podcast for the week of January 2nd. I Feel fine.

Ear (Mixed Message)

2005-01-08T21:52:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone. Okie okie I admit it, I'm mad with power over this amazing tool!

Here's another Podcast for this week ;-)

Check out My Podcast for the week of January 2nd. Ear

Shoe(s) (Mixed Message)

2005-01-08T19:47:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, hello everyone.

Oh nahoten owenna'tiio ken? - Whats the good word?

This weeks word is Shoe or Shoes which is Ahta in Kanien'keha

pronounced Ah tah

Click the link to listen to an mp3 of ahta

Hopefully later I'll be able to podcast these. Might be a second posting this week too ;-) Depends if I figger this out or not eh ;-)

Check out my podcast for the week of January 2nd. Shoe or Shoes

Welcome

2005-01-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

Kwe Kwe sewakwekon, Hello everyone. Welcome to this Blog, I'll HOPEFULLY be using it to Podcast weekly Mohawk Language lessons.