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DAUGHTERS, SISTERS, MOTHERS & WIVES


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Acknowledgements

She:kon

Thank you to Heritage Canada and Ontario Ministry of Training,

Colleges and Universities.

This project has been made possible in part by the Government

of Canada. Ce project a été rendu possible en partie grâce au

gouvernement du Canada, and the Government of Ontario.

This Language workbook was completed to be included in the

Daughters, Sisters, Mothers & Wives Educational-Kit. It is done

in the Oneida language and includes some introductory phrases

and speeches often associated with a Hodenosaunee woman’s

role, but not exclusive to her. I would like to thank the Oneida

Language & Cultural centre and Candace Squire for assistance in

the translations, Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Preservation Program,

Elizabeth Doxtator, Barbara Miller and Simon Hill for the

assistance in putting this together.

This learning language workbook has a cd that will accompany it.

This is only one part of the Haudenosaunee Woman’s Role

Educational-Kit.

Nia:wen,

Michelle Davis

ONLC Executive Director

http://www.canada.ca

http://www.canada.ca


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DAUGHTER, SISTERS, MOTHERS & WIVES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kanehelatuklsa’ /Thanksgiving Address ................................. 5

Greetings ......................................................................................... 10

Introducing Oneself ...................................................................... 12

Our Gift From Our Creator –Welcoming a Newborn ......... 16

Seeds Song ........................................................................................ 18


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Thank you to Barbara Schuyler, Olive Elm for help with

the Oneida written & recorded audio and edits.

Pre-recorded audio by Norma Kennedy, Rosabell Antone,

Lillian Cornelius and Ross Ireland. (Introducing Oneself

& Greetings)

Janice Ninham for helping with the Seed songs.

Typeset/Oneida layout and audio mixing by Darelyn

Doxtator.

All audio was recorded at the

Oneida Language and Cultural Centre,

2207 Elm Ave., Oneida Nation of the Thames,

519-652-6227

www.oneidalanguage.ca


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This is a very short version of the Thanksgiving Address

which is said at the beginning and the end of each day or

when there is a gathering of people.

Kanehelatuksla’ /Thanksgiving Address

Swatahusiyost kʌ’nahe:

Everyone listen for a little while.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu kʌtyohkwa’

We offer our greetings to all the people.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu yukhinulha: ne atunhetsla’ yukhiya:wihe’

We offer our greetings to our Mother the Earth, she gives us life.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen ohne:ka’shuha’

We offer our greetings to the waters

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen kʌtsya’shuha’

We offer our greetings to all the fish.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen ohtehla’shuha’ ohute’shuha khale’ onuhkwathoku’


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We offer our greetings to all root life, plant life and all the different medicines.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen otsi’nuwa’shuha’

We offer our greetings to all the insect life.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen kakhwa’shuha

We offer our greetings to all the different foods.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen wahyahnyu:tha’

We offer our greetings to all the hanging fruits

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen kutiliyo’shuha’

We offer our greetings to all the animals.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen otsi’tʌhashuha’

We offer our greetings to all

the bird life.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen kalute’shuha’

We offer our greetings to all the tree life.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu kayé: nikawéla:ke’

We offer our greetings to the four winds.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen yukhisotha latihsakayu:tésa’


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We offer our greetings to our Grandfathers the Thunders

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen yukhisotha wʌhni:tale’

We offer our greetings to our Grandmother the Moon.

Tʌhetwanʌhela:tu etwatsiha yotahalote’

We offer our greetings to our Elder Brother, the Sun.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen yotsistohkwalu

We offer our greetings to all the stars in the sky.

Tʌhetwanʌhela:tu Skanyatali:yo

We offer our greetings to Handsome Lake.

Tʌyethinʌhela:tu nen kayé: niyukwé:take

We offer our greetings to the four spiritual beings.

Akweku uska tsi’ ʌtwahwe’nu:ni ukwa’niku:la’ tʌhetwanʌhela:tu shukwaya’tishu’ tsi’ nahte’ loyʌnʌta:u ta:ne tho


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nʌyotuhake ukwa’niku:la’ Ta:ne tho niyole na’katlihwatkwe:ni tsi’ nahte’ kalihwayʌtahkwʌ ne: ʌsnelheke’ skanʌ: tsi’ wetwanuhtuni. Ta:ne tho nʌyotuhake ukwa’niku:la’ Ta:ne

We will all wrap our minds together. We will give thanks to the creator for everything he has prepared for us, so shall our minds be. This is as many words as I have said so we will all be at peace amongst ourselves and our minds. This is all the words.


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The Thanksgiving Address compliments of

Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Preservation Program


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GREETINGS

In this brief conversation you will be

communicating with someone saying hello, and

how are you. You will be asking their name and

telling yours and ending with a goodbye.

Shekoli skʌnʌ’ko:kʌ Hello, how are you? (Is everything peaceful?) Hʌ: skʌnʌ’ko:ki I am fine. (I have great peace about me) Ok ni’i:se And you? Yoyanlati ki It is going well. Nahte’ yesa:yats What is your name? Thiwe:sa’ ni: yukyats. Ok ni’i:se Thiwe:sa’ is my name. And yours? Olive ni: yukyats _Olive_ is my name.


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Nʌki’wa Good bye (see you again)

Nʌki’wa


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INTRODUCING ONESELF

Sometimes when you are at a gathering or meeting you

are asked to introduce yourself. It is nice that you can do

this in your language to say your Ukwehuwe:neha name,

clan, and nation.

Nahte’ yesa:yats What is your name?

Thiwe:sa’ ni: yukyats. Thiwe:sa’ is my name.

Nahte’ nesʌ’talo:tʌ What is your clan?

Ohkwali niwaki’talo:tʌ Bear is my clan

______ nuki’talo:tʌ _________ is my clan

Othayu:ni -Wolf A’no:wale’ -Turtle

Nahte’ nesʌ’hutsyo:tʌ What is your nation?

Onʌyota’a:ka: niwakuhutsyo:tʌ I am from the Oneida Nation.


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Katsha’ nu: tesnakehle’ Where do you live?

Onʌyota’a:ka: ukwehuwé:ne nu: teknakehle’ Oneida reserve is where I live.

Photo courtesy of the Oneida Language and Cultural Centre


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Poster courtesy of the Oneida Language and Cultural Centre www.oneidalanguage.ca


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Lotinosho:ni

Thaskalo:lu

Kanyʌ’keha:ka

Onʌyota’a:ka Onuta’keha:ka

Kheyu’keha:ka

Tsitwana’a:ka

Poster courtesy of the Oneida Language and Cultural Centre www.oneidalanguage.ca


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WELCOMING A NEWBORN BABY

Ta: né: kati’ onʌ wa’akwatsha’nu:ni: tsi’ waskwanʌtolʌne’ kʌh nu: niyakwanakehle’ nén Onʌyota’a:ka né: tuske’ né: élhu:wa’ wesake:tohte’ né: kati’ wi watekhwanʌhela:tu tsi’ thoni:yot

So it is true that you have just arrived so we give thanks that it is this way.

Né: kati’ wi: onʌ atsyok tho ohkʌla:ke ne: ʌsate’slehsu thonʌ tho tʌhsatawʌli né: ohutsya:ke tsi’ nu: niyakwanakehle’

So soon you will crawl around in the dirt and then walk on this earth where we live.

Né: kati’ wi: yotshanunyat tsi’ thoni:yot né: tsi’ teyesaya’tolyehtʌ:ni

So it is a good feeling that this is what was decided for you.

Né: kati’ wi: onʌ wa’tetwatanʌhela:tu né: tsi’ thona’awʌne’

So we give thanks that this has happened.

Né: kati’ wi: onʌ yotshanunyat tsi’ thoni:yot

So it is a good feeling that this is the way it is.


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Né: kati’ wi: onʌ wa’tekwanʌhela:tu ne: tsi’ thona’awʌne’

So now we give you thanks that this has happened.

Né: kati’ wi: o:nʌ

So that is the way your mind will be.

Ta:né:tho

That is all.


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SEEDS SONG

In the spring we prepare the soil in which we will plant the seeds for our garden. These seeds we are planting corn, beans, squash are our gifts given to us for suste-nance. As Ukwehu:wene people we are also grateful and give thanks. This speech and song can be used before we plant. The song can also be song while keeping the garden clean and we watch the plants grow.

Words to say before singing the seed song:

Né: ka’i:kʌ wahnislate This day

O’skʌnʌ kanuhtunyuhe’ I am in a peaceful mind.

O:nʌ tʌ yetiwʌnu kote tyunhekwʌ Now we will use song and words for life.

Né: watekenʌhelate tyunhekwʌ Thank them. I give thanks to life sustenance

Khale’ kato:kʌ nayoti’nikuhlo’tuhake’ And their mind will continue in that way.

Ohutu: wa’ukwatʌhnislatenyuti In front in future days ahead.

Tané:to nʌyutuhake ukwanikula Now there is how it shall be our mind


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Seed Songs (sung by Janice Ninham)

ona hiyo wekana he kanahia ne kanahe 4x

kahawiyo kuweneha 4x

teya we hayʌnte yawe haye 4x

kahʌtiyo yukhisotha hayakoyʌtha 4x

waho hi ne 4x

kaluhyake nitwakenu

ohutsyake tewakta’u

ohutsyakweku newakenu

ise tsyunhekwʌ 4x

Speech after song:

Nʌki’ wa’tekenʌhela:tu nén tyunhekwʌ

Now I have acknowledged our sustenance.


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