Ryan Decaire shows his proficiency in Mohawk after two years' study at Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa in a humourous conversation that deals with economic self-sufficiency and dog poop.
Salam! We want to keep the language alive no matter where students are from. Thanks to the internet, this will be much easier to do. We already have one person in Russia who is studying the language.
This video has greatly impressed on me the importance of learning and teaching Mohawk. I am so proud of my heritage as a my grandmother was forced to never reveal hers. Where do I begin?
Congratulations to this man, that is a beautiful lenguage... sounds like a song. It's very interestig your culture, and i really like all about the native americans of the north... It's a little dificult to find something of this incredibles cultures. Sorry for my bad english... I'm from Argentina. I hope to learn most of your culture, becose it's totally awesome!
That is amazing. I had no idea that he had very little knowledge of Kanien'keha before starting the program. When I met him I assumed he had an extensive background in the language. He's an intelligent young man and a total babe lol.
I really like this guy. Gives hope to the human race to see someone so bright. The language is so mesmerizing to listen too. Really beautiful. Really want to learn some myself, but it's not easy to get any material on it in Sweden. Fantastic job though, i am impressed.
Once I'm finished mastering Irish (being from Ireland I'm ashamed that many of my compatriots either feel apathetic towards it or had a bad experience learning it in school and thus don't speak it) I'm learning a Native American one, either Lakota Sioux or Mohawk. As someone learning their country's own *real* language I can identify with Native Americans who want to learn theirs, and the more speakers the better. The minority languages are where it's at, the more speakers the better!
He did real good - and not just for himself. He showed that an adult - someone whose parents are not speakers, who lives in a small community with very few speakers - can become a speaker, a very good speaker.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, the people, the people. E tautoko ana ahau ki a koe Ryan, me te whare wananga ki reira, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa. He tino ataahua te kaupapa o te wharewananga i te whakapiki o to reo o nga tipuna. Ka haere atu koe Ryan, e korerorero atu ana ki nga tangata whenua o tou mana whenua. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui. I am very proud to support you Ryan, and Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa. The programme that you are running to help lift the use of the language of your ancestors is beautiful. Ryan, go forth as a person of the land, and take your language knowledge home. Be strong, be steadfast, be willing. (I think you already are) Hei kona
I'm proud so much of him! I'm of totally different tribe and language family but still I'm beaming when happiness and proud of young brother who showed us, hard work and dedication, this is a must and our languages must be shown this respect to learn them to prevent their death. We will see our tribal languages survive, we will never except any other outcome. Now I'm going to set my alarm now, cuz you remind me not to be late for my own class tonight, as I have problem with.
I would sincerely be honored to explore options for learning this incredible language. I chose to study German in high-school, as one side of my family hails from Deutschland; learning another tongue was an incredible gift- I felt deeply honored to share in another people's history. As a writer who works closely with words and their root meanings, and after exploring Deutsch, I feel language carries many perspectives that would be missed in translation! My mother's lineage is connected to a town in what would have been Kanien'kehá:ka territory, and our family tree holds a missing woman, her partner with bi-racial children, and little other information asides from dates and the name of the location. I do not know who she is, or was. Her missing story has inspired me to go looking. I'm glad I found this place! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. I feel happy seeing the doors open for this astute young man!!!!
I so love the sound of the Mohawk language. I would very much like to go somewhere to study it at some point. I assume I am alone in my interest, in this part of the world....Florida, though am originally from Texas. CZcams videos shall have to suffice.
I don't think you're alone in that. I am in Michigan, and even though I don't speak the language, I have sung in Mohawk for people here, and they loved it. It is a beautiful language.
Mohawk (and other Iroquois languages) are pretty interesting in that they lack labials like "p" and "m", you can see it in this video how the only times he really changes the shape of his lips is when he puffs them to make a "w" sound, or when he's pausing in between sentences.
I wanted to hear the language of Saint Kateri. Very cool and probably the most funniest video I've heard using the Mohawk language ( i.e. dog poo problem). Thanks for sharing. I hope the school can put up more videos for people to learn long distance.
It sounds really nice. The testimonial is really inspiring too. What do the natives think of non-natives, non-Americans trying to learn the language? Greetings from Singapore
I am not Mohawk but it would be great to learn this language. Also is there somewhere online i can learn this language. And is this the same language in assasins creed 3?
Ioianeratie! This is fantastic! I have some friends out in Wahta, some of my family have moved there in the beginning as well way back in the day.. nice to see some more people from there are willing to learn! I'm from Kanehsata:ke by the way
I have no Mohawk background or knowledge of the language, but would love to learn the language and the beautiful culture behind it. Could you explain how the program works, or how one could get involved?
I do not care for your attempt to make Kahnawake look bad. Not necessary, nor productive. A little unity wouldn't hurt now. If you have skills to share, you can do your nation a favor by collaborating respectfully with others who share your mission. Be smart and enjoy good fruits of good deeds. Best wishes for great success and a thousand new speakers of Ganien'ke ha a year.
Gille87 They are insulting Kahnawake by taking a student from there and saying he learned nothing, then showing how great their programme is. Not really helpful. Like I said, they should get together with their cousins if they have something of value to share, and share it. Wouldn't that be great? Wouldn't it be great if nations struggling to retain their culture worked together, in synergy? Wouldn't it be great if people refrained from putting others down, but rather helped others to lift themselves up?
Hmn okay I didn't get that from the video, but I don't know the back story. I think it is a extraordinary before and after, and I would love to learn Mohawk, a beautiful language and culture even though I got no connection or affiliation to it whatsoever. Thank u! I am 27 years old, and I live in Norway so our school system is a little different than in the US, and Canada. haha I am too fat to be modelling. But I agree w what u said :D
Gille87 You are quite a civilised young person. Your frame of mind makes me happy for your generation. May you enjoy a great future. But, please, don't worry about being skinny. I have 3 sisters and a daughter, all lovely and brilliant, and so tired of seeing women worry about their appearance, while so many men seem not to worry.
I live in tio tia'ke(Montreal) dont know if i got it right lol. I am not native but if you guys offer courses to learn the language and its near my island, where do I i apply lol
Unfortunately, you can't post full links in youtube comments, so you can post the link in the description of the video or you can simply send me a personal message through CZcams. Thanks again.
What's this about worksheets? I just read Jacquelyn's comment about emailing the school and getting worksheets (?). I'm interested in learning Mohawk and I'm reading David Maracle's "Kanyen'kena Tewatati" to learn.
Mohawk is primarily spoken in Canada, and the only place to learn Mohawk (and Cayuga, another Iroquois language) is in Ontario, Canada. He is from Wahta, which is also in Canada. Mohawk only has a very very small amount of people in northern New York, that is the only connection to the united states.
CANADAWOOOOOOOOO Oops. My apologies. Go, Canada!!!! That's really awesome that First Nations citizens of Canada can study their ancestral languages. The US should promote language learning too.
Nehmi lol, only reason is because Mohawk is not in the united states. You can probably learn one of the other Iroquois languages there, like the Oneida language. It's very sad though. there are only about 120,000 people that are (idk if full blood or part blood) Iroquois and a very very very small amount of those people speak the language. Only 3,500 people speak Mohawk, 190 people speak Oneida, 50 people speak Onondaga, 250 people speak Cayuga, 100 people speak Seneca, and only 9 people speak Tuscarora. And this is the estimate of 2007, 7 years ago. Those numbers cold have gone down or up. Sad that Tuscarora is probably officially a dead language, since the estimate of NINE people was between 1991 and 2007. I really hope more people start to learn these languages, it would be very sad to see a culture die.
CANADAWOOOOOOOOO Not correct: "Mohawk" is spoken in NY State, in USA. There are three dialects, W, C, and E. Eastern sounds a fair bit different from Western, and not all students are equal. I sat in immersion schools where some became fluent and others learned little. Akwesasne and Genien'ke are both in NYS. Before Europeans, no "Mohawk" lived in "Canada." THe Iroquoians of the St. Lawrence, Wiyandot among them, were decimated by disease brought by fishermen, then Colonists, and few survived. The "Tobacco, Neutral," and another tribe in the Bryce Peninsula area were also Iroquoians. Their culture was different from the 5 Nations, as were the St. Lawrence nations. Archaeology shows their regions influenced differences in development and language divisions. The Bryce region were farmers, NY region were mixed farm-hunter-gatherers, Laurentians seem to have lived similar to coastal Inuit - sea mammals, birds, and fish. Life is complicated.
RG Cachat-Schilling There is no where to learn Mohawk in the united states. The only school that teaches it is in Ontario. I was talking modern times, not before European colonization. Try finding someone that speaks Mohawk in the united states.
Hey there, haha, though Malay was stated to be our official language this fact tidbit is actually kind of outdated. All mother languages (mainly Chinese, Melayu or Tamil) is usually taught at home and in schools. The main language of instruction is English. How do I get started? I have no real plans to visit USA anytime soon :( I tried to look for books on the language in the biggest book store in town but to no avail.
Wakatshennón:ni tsi sa’nikonhrahní:ron ahsà:ronke ne Kanyen’keha. I’m glad that you’re determined to learn the language. We are in Ohsweken at the GREAT Building. Come visit if you can.
There is much greater linguistic variety in North America than in Europe. Long ago, the several tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy could mostly understand each other, in that their dialects were about as similar to each other as the Romance dialects, Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Italian. Cherokee is another Iroquoian language, but too distantly related for them to communicate even a little with the Mohawk. Other tribes, though, spoke languages completely unrelated to the Iroquois. I have studied two Muskogean languages, Choctaw and Creek-Seminole. These are as distantly related to each other as are English and German, and they are completely different from and unrelated to the Iroquoian languages.
kwe! kaiento:ton iontiats tanon' i: o:ni teiohsera:ke wa'kateweienste ne onkwawen:na Kanien'keha ratiwennahni:rats tsi ionterihwaiensthakhwa, kahnawa:ke ki:teron. E:so tsi kenen:ie tsi kanien'keha kahronkha, iorihowa:nen wahi! I also played a voice in assassins creed 3, but i havent gotten the game yet or seen my friend play it haha i think ive met this guy too
I am a lost half breed I need a Teacher from one of the Mohawk clans to bring me back. I want know first hand who we are. Plz contact me if you can help.
Shé:kon Kayentoton. Wakatshennón:ni tsi sahronkhá:’on ne onkwawén:na táhnon yah tesatshé:yaron áhsatste karonwarà:ke. E’thóhtsi aesateryèn:tarake tsi na’tekyattíhen ne "kenén:ye" ne Kahnawake táhnon "kená:ye" ne kèn:tho (Ohsweken). Ne ó:nen ayakwèn:ron tsi ónhka ok "raná:ye" - yah eh sótsi teyoyánere. Né:’e kén:ton tsi ranonhtónnyon tsi sénha ronkwe’tí:yo tsi ní:yoht ne ronatye’kè:son. Wakateryèn:tare tsi yah eh tehsí:ton. Akì:ron tsi "ro’ní:hon ne onkwawén:na."
If your dog comes into my garden again, I will get him a dog house and tie him out to ward off deer and other critters until harvest time. Dont worry, he will be well fed, watered and given lots of affection and attention. As for the crap, i will rake that around my tomato plants to make them grow.
Your dog is crapping on my garden? I wait for your dog to return and arrow it. Couple of days you come over and ask if I have seen your dog? "Taapaa nichischaayimaau" I reply. Then I ask you to stay and we have a stew out of my guarden. (Dog n vegetables) thats the "Cree" way to solve problems.
Salam! We want to keep the language alive no matter where students are from. Thanks to the internet, this will be much easier to do. We already have one person in Russia who is studying the language.
This video has greatly impressed on me the importance of learning and teaching Mohawk. I am so proud of my heritage as a my grandmother was forced to never reveal hers. Where do I begin?
Congratulations to this man, that is a beautiful lenguage... sounds like a song. It's very interestig your culture, and i really like all about the native americans of the north... It's a little dificult to find something of this incredibles cultures.
Sorry for my bad english... I'm from Argentina. I hope to learn most of your culture, becose it's totally awesome!
That is amazing. I had no idea that he had very little knowledge of Kanien'keha before starting the program. When I met him I assumed he had an extensive background in the language. He's an intelligent young man and a total babe lol.
He is nice looking!!!! EYES
I really like this guy. Gives hope to the human race to see someone so bright. The language is so mesmerizing to listen too. Really beautiful. Really want to learn some myself, but it's not easy to get any material on it in Sweden. Fantastic job though, i am impressed.
Yes. Jacquelyn visited us here in Ohsweken and knocked our socks off with how well she can speak the language. Yoyánere!
Once I'm finished mastering Irish (being from Ireland I'm ashamed that many of my compatriots either feel apathetic towards it or had a bad experience learning it in school and thus don't speak it) I'm learning a Native American one, either Lakota Sioux or Mohawk. As someone learning their country's own *real* language I can identify with Native Americans who want to learn theirs, and the more speakers the better. The minority languages are where it's at, the more speakers the better!
I want to do the same
He did real good - and not just for himself. He showed that an adult - someone whose parents are not speakers, who lives in a small community with very few speakers - can become a speaker, a very good speaker.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, the people, the people.
E tautoko ana ahau ki a koe Ryan, me te whare wananga ki reira, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa. He tino ataahua te kaupapa o te wharewananga i te whakapiki o to reo o nga tipuna. Ka haere atu koe Ryan, e korerorero atu ana ki nga tangata whenua o tou mana whenua. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui.
I am very proud to support you Ryan, and Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa. The programme that you are running to help lift the use of the language of your ancestors is beautiful. Ryan, go forth as a person of the land, and take your language knowledge home.
Be strong, be steadfast, be willing.
(I think you already are)
Hei kona
I'm proud so much of him! I'm of totally different tribe and language family but still I'm beaming when happiness and proud of young brother who showed us, hard work and dedication, this is a must and our languages must be shown this respect to learn them to prevent their death. We will see our tribal languages survive, we will never except any other outcome. Now I'm going to set my alarm now, cuz you remind me not to be late for my own class tonight, as I have problem with.
tee hee, thats me conducting the second interview... 23,000 views!!! I feel like a celebrity!! LOL
Tehawennahkwa M what if I don’t know anything and never lived or was never a card member of my people will they still teach me ?
That's so cool, all these years later this is still very cool.
I would sincerely be honored to explore options for learning this incredible language. I chose to study German in high-school, as one side of my family hails from Deutschland; learning another tongue was an incredible gift- I felt deeply honored to share in another people's history. As a writer who works closely with words and their root meanings, and after exploring Deutsch, I feel language carries many perspectives that would be missed in translation! My mother's lineage is connected to a town in what would have been Kanien'kehá:ka territory, and our family tree holds a missing woman, her partner with bi-racial children, and little other information asides from dates and the name of the location. I do not know who she is, or was. Her missing story has inspired me to go looking. I'm glad I found this place! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. I feel happy seeing the doors open for this astute young man!!!!
Im really miss Connor.....
Kenway?
I so love the sound of the Mohawk language. I would very much like to go somewhere to study it at some point. I assume I am alone in my interest, in this part of the world....Florida, though am originally from Texas. CZcams videos shall have to suffice.
I don't think you're alone in that. I am in Michigan, and even though I don't speak the language, I have sung in Mohawk for people here, and they loved it. It is a beautiful language.
You have Cherokee and Seminole language down there
Mohawk (and other Iroquois languages) are pretty interesting in that they lack labials like "p" and "m", you can see it in this video how the only times he really changes the shape of his lips is when he puffs them to make a "w" sound, or when he's pausing in between sentences.
Thanks for your interest. Nice to hear from you. Skennen sanonhtonnyon (May you be at peace).
Such a wonderfully mellow cadence to the language. Makes me think of LoTR elvish
Good job Ryan, im 63, choose to learn Mohawk this time in life
The first part of the video was literally me in French class.
Impressive. For both his ability and the programme.
Wow big progress! The Mohawk language is beautiful! Sorry if I dunno the real name for it. I came by the language after playing Assasins Creed 4 ;)
Assassins Creed 3 actually lol
I wanted to hear the language of Saint Kateri. Very cool and probably the most funniest video I've heard using the Mohawk language ( i.e. dog poo problem). Thanks for sharing. I hope the school can put up more videos for people to learn long distance.
It sounds really nice. The testimonial is really inspiring too. What do the natives think of non-natives, non-Americans trying to learn the language? Greetings from Singapore
@lanehtakehte It is very intensive - 6 hours a day, five days a week for two school years. No English.
I am not Mohawk but it would be great to learn this language. Also is there somewhere online i can learn this language. And is this the same language in assasins creed 3?
Ioianeratie! This is fantastic! I have some friends out in Wahta, some of my family have moved there in the beginning as well way back in the day.. nice to see some more people from there are willing to learn! I'm from Kanehsata:ke by the way
I have no Mohawk background or knowledge of the language, but would love to learn the language and the beautiful culture behind it. Could you explain how the program works, or how one could get involved?
I do not care for your attempt to make Kahnawake look bad. Not necessary, nor productive. A little unity wouldn't hurt now. If you have skills to share, you can do your nation a favor by collaborating respectfully with others who share your mission. Be smart and enjoy good fruits of good deeds. Best wishes for great success and a thousand new speakers of Ganien'ke ha a year.
how does he make it look bad?
Gille87 They are insulting Kahnawake by taking a student from there and saying he learned nothing, then showing how great their programme is. Not really helpful. Like I said, they should get together with their cousins if they have something of value to share, and share it. Wouldn't that be great? Wouldn't it be great if nations struggling to retain their culture worked together, in synergy? Wouldn't it be great if people refrained from putting others down, but rather helped others to lift themselves up?
Gille87 PS You are very beautiful. You could model. Are you studying in college? I hope so. I hope you plan to change the world for the better.
Hmn okay I didn't get that from the video, but I don't know the back story. I think it is a extraordinary before and after, and I would love to learn Mohawk, a beautiful language and culture even though I got no connection or affiliation to it whatsoever. Thank u! I am 27 years old, and I live in Norway so our school system is a little different than in the US, and Canada. haha I am too fat to be modelling. But I agree w what u said :D
Gille87 You are quite a civilised young person. Your frame of mind makes me happy for your generation. May you enjoy a great future. But, please, don't worry about being skinny. I have 3 sisters and a daughter, all lovely and brilliant, and so tired of seeing women worry about their appearance, while so many men seem not to worry.
Yay!!!! Yoyanlati!! This gives us lots of hope. Yaw^ko for sharing!!
Wow. Very impressive!
I live in tio tia'ke(Montreal) dont know if i got it right lol. I am not native but if you guys offer courses to learn the language and its near my island, where do I i apply lol
Connor =(
Paulo Arestegui 0:16 What do they call you ?
For whatever reason I thought he was gonna say Ratonhnhaké:ton
Ryan, do you have the book Kayen'keha Tewatati (Let's speak Mohawk) book from amazon, it helped me a lot!
Wow! That's awesum
Unfortunately, you can't post full links in youtube comments, so you can post the link in the description of the video or you can simply send me a personal message through CZcams. Thanks again.
Where can I learn our Mohawk language?
If the PDF is uploaded to your website, you can just post the link.
I feel as a canadian and not to sure but might be native it is only natural for me to learn mohawk which i really want to do but i need a teacher
I am Mohawk and I'm just 15 but I want to learn so bad
What's this about worksheets? I just read Jacquelyn's comment about emailing the school and getting worksheets (?). I'm interested in learning Mohawk and I'm reading David Maracle's "Kanyen'kena Tewatati" to learn.
Great job! How intensive is this program? Do they only speak Mohawk at the school?
this is very inspiring to me, i also am only able to speak very little mohawk.
This is awesome!!! More Americans should learn Native languages!!! I'm so jealous.
Mohawk is primarily spoken in Canada, and the only place to learn Mohawk (and Cayuga, another Iroquois language) is in Ontario, Canada. He is from Wahta, which is also in Canada. Mohawk only has a very very small amount of people in northern New York, that is the only connection to the united states.
CANADAWOOOOOOOOO Oops. My apologies. Go, Canada!!!! That's really awesome that First Nations citizens of Canada can study their ancestral languages. The US should promote language learning too.
Nehmi lol, only reason is because Mohawk is not in the united states. You can probably learn one of the other Iroquois languages there, like the Oneida language. It's very sad though. there are only about 120,000 people that are (idk if full blood or part blood) Iroquois and a very very very small amount of those people speak the language. Only 3,500 people speak Mohawk, 190 people speak Oneida, 50 people speak Onondaga, 250 people speak Cayuga, 100 people speak Seneca, and only 9 people speak Tuscarora. And this is the estimate of 2007, 7 years ago. Those numbers cold have gone down or up. Sad that Tuscarora is probably officially a dead language, since the estimate of NINE people was between 1991 and 2007. I really hope more people start to learn these languages, it would be very sad to see a culture die.
CANADAWOOOOOOOOO Not correct: "Mohawk" is spoken in NY State, in USA. There are three dialects, W, C, and E. Eastern sounds a fair bit different from Western, and not all students are equal. I sat in immersion schools where some became fluent and others learned little. Akwesasne and Genien'ke are both in NYS. Before Europeans, no "Mohawk" lived in "Canada." THe Iroquoians of the St. Lawrence, Wiyandot among them, were decimated by disease brought by fishermen, then Colonists, and few survived. The "Tobacco, Neutral," and another tribe in the Bryce Peninsula area were also Iroquoians. Their culture was different from the 5 Nations, as were the St. Lawrence nations. Archaeology shows their regions influenced differences in development and language divisions. The Bryce region were farmers, NY region were mixed farm-hunter-gatherers, Laurentians seem to have lived similar to coastal Inuit - sea mammals, birds, and fish. Life is complicated.
RG Cachat-Schilling There is no where to learn Mohawk in the united states. The only school that teaches it is in Ontario. I was talking modern times, not before European colonization. Try finding someone that speaks Mohawk in the united states.
WOW so good!
I will post a PDF brochure here about our program if you can tell me how to do it....
Hey there, haha, though Malay was stated to be our official language this fact tidbit is actually kind of outdated. All mother languages (mainly Chinese, Melayu or Tamil) is usually taught at home and in schools. The main language of instruction is English.
How do I get started? I have no real plans to visit USA anytime soon :( I tried to look for books on the language in the biggest book store in town but to no avail.
The language sounds beautiful for me.
Hey has Mr. Decaire played Assassin's Creed III yet? And what do y'all think of the language in the game :)
i learn mohawk at my school
Wakatshennón:ni tsi sa’nikonhrahní:ron ahsà:ronke ne Kanyen’keha.
I’m glad that you’re determined to learn the language. We are in Ohsweken at the GREAT Building. Come visit if you can.
Go for it!
What a beautiful language. Can the different tribes understand each other?
There is much greater linguistic variety in North America than in Europe. Long ago, the several tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy could mostly understand each other, in that their dialects were about as similar to each other as the Romance dialects, Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Italian. Cherokee is another Iroquoian language, but too distantly related for them to communicate even a little with the Mohawk. Other tribes, though, spoke languages completely unrelated to the Iroquois. I have studied two Muskogean languages, Choctaw and Creek-Seminole. These are as distantly related to each other as are English and German, and they are completely different from and unrelated to the Iroquoian languages.
Conner Kenway!!
Brian from Six Nations? Thanks. If not, still Thanks💞👍🤗
You can post a link to the file, using a service such as gogofile.com
I go to a Mohawk school but they stop Mohawk at grade 4
The only word I know in Mohawk is 'Goodbye' and I don't have any background but, I wish to learn about their cultures.
in my country there is a man that speaks mohawk so i wanna learn how to speak: hi! you're awesome!
love native american languages. they are truly Wind Talkers
Yoyanere!
kwe! kaiento:ton iontiats tanon' i: o:ni teiohsera:ke wa'kateweienste ne onkwawen:na Kanien'keha ratiwennahni:rats tsi ionterihwaiensthakhwa, kahnawa:ke ki:teron. E:so tsi kenen:ie tsi kanien'keha kahronkha, iorihowa:nen wahi! I also played a voice in assassins creed 3, but i havent gotten the game yet or seen my friend play it haha i think ive met this guy too
Yoyanere! :)
I learned one word from this. Erhar = dog :)
I am a lost half breed I need a Teacher from one of the Mohawk clans to bring me back. I want know first hand who we are. Plz contact me if you can help.
go to Six Nations Polytechnic
I am going to Oglala Lakota College right now. I am learning the Lakota ways right now, but some day I will get back out that way.
Shé:kon Owennatekha! :)
what a beautiful language, thx age of empires 3
Nihaweién:te ahatá:ti...wahatste'niá:ron wáhi tsi wahatewennáweienste!
Yes its the same as AC3 they got some professionals in to help.
ioianere!!!
Shé:kon Kayentoton. Wakatshennón:ni tsi sahronkhá:’on ne onkwawén:na táhnon yah tesatshé:yaron áhsatste karonwarà:ke. E’thóhtsi aesateryèn:tarake tsi na’tekyattíhen ne "kenén:ye" ne Kahnawake táhnon "kená:ye" ne kèn:tho (Ohsweken). Ne ó:nen ayakwèn:ron tsi ónhka ok "raná:ye" - yah eh sótsi teyoyánere. Né:’e kén:ton tsi ranonhtónnyon tsi sénha ronkwe’tí:yo tsi ní:yoht ne ronatye’kè:son. Wakateryèn:tare tsi yah eh tehsí:ton. Akì:ron tsi "ro’ní:hon ne onkwawén:na."
If your dog comes into my garden again, I will get him a dog house and tie him out to ward off deer and other critters until harvest time. Dont worry, he will be well fed, watered and given lots of affection and attention. As for the crap, i will rake that around my tomato plants to make them grow.
amazing how intelligible it was to me a Cherokee speaker.
Cherokee our the southern brothers and sisters of the Haudenosaunee
Your dog is crapping on my garden?
I wait for your dog to return and arrow it.
Couple of days you come over and ask if I have seen your dog? "Taapaa nichischaayimaau"
I reply. Then I ask you to stay and we have a stew out of my guarden. (Dog n vegetables) thats the "Cree" way to solve problems.
Im really miss Connor.....