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Text: Great-Grandmother's House

VP-26

Great-Grandmother's House
told by Verdena Parker
July 25, 2011
Tish-Tang-Ah-Ding, Hoopa Valley, California
Transcribed by Ramón Escamilla

Okay
digyun do'n
this here is
xontah
house
sa'a:n-ne'ing
it was here
hay-de:di
this
xontah
house
hayah
there
me'
in it
ts'isda:-ne'ing
she used to live
hay whichwo:-ne'ing
my grandmother used-to-be
xwunchwing
her mother


Okay, there used to be a house here, the house where my grandmother's mother used to live.
And this is the place where my grandmother's mother used to live, in the house that was here originally, this one was built over and then it's been kind of tore up again.


haya:ł
[and then]
digyung
here
xo'ji
real
no:na:ya'ning'un-ne'ing
they put it back
hay xontah
the house
haya:ł
and then
de:de:ng' q'ut
[as for now]
dungwho'owh
someone
xo:'-ya:
bad things
'a:na'law-e:-xola:n
it looks like they did it to it again


And here, they had restored the house to make it look real/authentic again. Now, it looks like someone has done bad things to it again.
haya:ł
[and then]
digyung 'e'n
right here
hay ta:kiwh-ne'ing
the sweathouse used-to-be
hayah
there
xowh do'n
I guess
hay k'iwingxoya:n-ne'in*
the old man [used-to-be]
me'
in it
ch'e'ida'-ne'in
he used to stay


And the sweathouse was right here; I guess the old man (now deceased) used to stay in there.
*During the transcription session, VP explains that the old man was a chief who had seven wives.
haya:ł
[and then]
ya'wilchwil
young men
xo'osday-tah
and men
xowh do'n
[I guess]
digyun
here
me'
in it
ya:xoke'iwun'-ne'in
they used to sleep


And I guess some young men and men used to sleep in here too.
This one right here was the sweathouse, and that's probably where the old man that I was talking about that was killed, he probably lived in there at night, because only the boys and men slept in the
ta:kiwh
sweathouse
not in the house.


xontah
house
me'
in it
'e'n
as for it
tsumehstł'on
women
wha:ne:
only
łe:nahwh-ne'ing
they lived
Inside of the house, the main house, only the women folks lived in there.


As for the house, only the women lived in there.
haya:ł
so
yehch'itindil
they would go in
ya'k'e'iya'n
they would eat
hay xo'osday
the men
k'e:ya'ułna'
they cooked
hay ya:xwa'ut
their wives
xontah
house
me'
in it


So they would go in and all eat, the men, and their wives would cook in the house.
haya:ł
but
digyung 'e'n
this right here
ch'in
[they say]
na:ya:xoke'iwa'n
they sleep
xutł'e'-ch'in'
at night
So they come back out and they sleep in the
ta:kiwh
sweathouse
at night.


But this is the place right here where the men sleep at night.
What else you want me to tell about it? I guess that's it.


So the men folks were only allowed to come in the house to eat, because the women were cooking in there.



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