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Nih'eenetino' beebei'on teesi' hiine'etiit nih'eesoo'
PAST-speak-12 far.away on.top life PAST-how.X.is-0S
We talked , way up on top there , about how life was .
boy you know nono'o3oo'
boy you know IC.tough-0S
... It is tough .
Niibeteee3i' yoo3oniiis hehyeinei'i biikoo
IMPERF-dance-3PL five.days NUM-four-0.PL at.night
They dance five days , and four nights .
'oh hiiwoonhehe' niini'ouubeihinoo nih'iinoo
but now IMPERF-feel.good.physically-1S PAST-said-1S
And now I feel good , I said .
He'ne'iteneihit heetih'oonoyoohowoot hinono'eiwookecii
then-selected,.chosen,.appointed-3.S so.that-watch.over-3S Arapaho-cow-NA.OBV.PL
Next he was appointed as the head beef herder for the tribal cattle herd .
neheic
come.here !
Come here !
wohei nehe' nih'ei'towuun: huu3e' ceesey ceesey nihnokooyeinoo neeyou hinee houuneniibetee 3i'eyoo
okay this PAST-tell.s.o.-3S over.there one.time one PAST-fast-1S there.it.is that Crow-holy monument
Well he told me about this : " one time over there , one time I was fasting at that Crowheart Butte ."
nenee' nii3ooku'unei'oohobeihiinoo' hinee
IC.it IMPERF-follow(ing)-look.at-PASS that
It is favored [ over us ]. \ tab
Noh siinih'onobee'
and INTENSE-PAST-joyous-0S
And we were really happy .
Niixoowo'owoo niinoo3ou'u
overcome.obstacle-1S IMPERF-leave-1S
I always overcome obstacles , and I leave [ my adversaries ] behind in my wake .
'oh he'ne'bisboo3etiihoot
but then-all-make.fight.with.e.o.-3S
And then he made them all fight .
heetootonounowoo nuhu' hiine'etii3i'
FUT-REDUP-use-1S this live-3PL
I [ we ] are goign to use these living ones .
Wohei ne'P nii'oo'
okay then-pause IC.good-0S
Well then it's good .
yeah hoowunihii
yeah NEG-say
Yeah , she didn't say .
Nuhu' neteenetiit henee3eeneetowoo 'unono'eininoo
this 1S-language IC.think.of.as.important-1S since-be.Arapaho-1S
My Arapaho language is important to me .
heetoo3i'eewo' nebixoo3ooo neih'e:
FUT-ask.to.do.s.t.-1S 1S-love-3.DEPPART 1S-son
I will send my beloved son ;
Nesi heetyihoot hii3e' woteiho'yoot
1S-uncle FUT-go-3.S over.there drumming
My uncle is going to the drumming .
Wotneneehek 'oh wotneneeP wotneneehek ni'iini
I.guess-IC.it-SUBJ but I.guess-IC.it-pause I.guess-IC.it-SUBJ good-DETACH
I guess that's good [ up to a point ].
ne'iini ahh too'useenoo
then ahh stop.walking-1S
Then I stopped .
NeihoowbeetP neihoowbeetnii3oone3
1.NEG-want.to-pause 1.NEG-want.to-accompany-1S
I don't want to go with you .
wohei niiyou niiyou nuh'uuno
okay here.it.is here.it.is this
Were here is , here is this [ plant ].
Nihneyeico'oniini beebeteenP beebeteenP beebeteentooni' nohkuuhu' nuh'uuno
PAST-try-always-DETACH REDUP-holy-pause REDUP-holy-pause REDUP-worship-1PL with.comit.-ADV this
We always tried to act in a holy way using these things
Nisihiinec
Whistling.Water
Whistling Water .
Kookon nosouniini neyeih'eenei'towuunee3i'
just.any still-DETACH try-REDUP-tell.s.o.-1PL
But we still try to tell them .
Hiiwo' niisiinihou'u
MIRATIVE what.s.o..will.do.with,.to.s.o.-1S
Gee , what am I going to do with them ?
neisonoo huu3e'
1S-father over.there
My dad over there , [ she said to him ]:
Ne'nih'ii'teeso'onee3i' honoot cihP nihno'uukohei3i'
that-PAST.when-herd.animals.onto.(train)-1PL until to.here-pause PAST-arrive.on.horseback-3PL
\ 'ecThen we herded them onto the traincars , until [ the buyers ] rode over here .\ 'ee
hoowuuni booono
no road-NI.PL
There are no roads .
ceeciis tihce'eeckoohuno'
suddenly when.PAST-back-go.home-12
Suddenly as we were coming back home [ you killed it ],
B 'oo
B yes
Yes .
Mary Alice nih'iitoot howoh
Mary Al-ice PAST-where.located-3.S right ?
Where Mary Alice stayed , right ?
wohei nehe' hisei ceese' hisei he'ih'ei'towuunee hi'in ceexoon
okay this woman one woman NARRPAST-tell.s.o.-3S that(aforementioned) one,.another
wohei this woman one woman she told her that other one .
noh ne'yiisoowu3oowut cii3iihi' hibetee3ouw
and then-breathe.into.s.t..there-3.S inside-ADV 3S-soul,.shadow
and breathed into it his soul .
no'outihii 'innit
Yarrow.('squirrel's.tail') right ?
Squirrel's tail , isn't it ?
Wohei niiyou nec
okay here.it.is water
" Well he is some water ."
Wootii nenee'eeneestoono' Heihoowhee3neeneeneestoon
like do.that-12 2.NEG-very-REDUP-how-do-12
It's like that's what we're doing . We're not doing the real thing .
yeah nih'onobee' teecxo'
yeah PAST-joyous-0S long.ago
Yeah , it was happy long ago .
Hohou
thank.you
thank you .
"huut nihcenoo'oho' hini'iit bee3ei
here PAST-knock.down.from.place.by.shot-1S that(aforementioned).there owl
here I knocked him down that owl .
hiitenowoo hini' neihciiciineyoono
IC.get-1S that(aforementioned) 1S.PAST-NEG-thing.put.down,.deposited-NI.PL
taking what I did not deposit ,
Feline nee'eesih'it
Feline that.is.what.X.is.called-3.S
Feline is her name .
hiikoot 'oh hooyei hooyei hiiwoonhehe' nohkco'oono' nuhu' heteenetiitoonin bisiihi' Hoowoe'in wootii heeyou hoowee3neenoo
moreover but most most now take.part.in-12 this 2S-language-12POSS all-ADV not.know like what.(is.it?) 0.NEG-real
What's more , most [ people ] today , they are all taking part in our language , \{ This is a veiled criticism of younger people who are learning minimal amounts of Arapaho and then getting up at ceremonies and trying to speak , or trying to \ 'ecperform \ 'ee the language for tourists such as the Arapaho Experience show put on by the Wind River Casino every summer , which W is in charge of . W has said that they are largely incomprehensible .\} [ but ] he doesn't know , it's like the thing isn't real .
Noh neihoowbeet3eiisin
and 1.NEG-want.to-be.in.jail
And I don't want to be in jail .
niiyoo'oeno' niine'eeno' huu3e' 3ii'ookuu3i'
mountain.birch-pers.PL here.are.3PL over.there IC.stand-3PL
Mountain birch are the ones standing over there .
Wohei wo'ei3 ce'iihi' tootou3ooku3iihi' 'oh nih'iinenebe'eebeino'
okay or again-ADV inevitably-ADV but PAST.IMPERF-impose.rules,.forbid-3
Or again they would have to give us rules .
sooxe
let's.go
Let's go !
Hoonowo'oo' huutiino
IC.things.go.along.happily,.joyfully-0S around.here
Things are going along joyfully here .
Ne'P ne'too'oo'koohu'
then-pause then-stop.(traveling),.by.wagon-1PL
Then we stopped .
tihciini'ouubeihin inside
when.PAST-NEG-feel.good.physically-2S inside
When you didn't feel good inside .
Wohei nih'iit
okay he
" Okay ," she said .
Heesiine'etii3i' noonoxoo3oo'
what-live-3PL IC.cruel,.harsh.in.nature-0S
" How they are living , it is cruel ."
Heeyou
what.(is.it?)
What ?
They got lunch too three of them betebihoho' kids and adults
they got lunch too three of them old.women kids and adults
They got lunch too , three of those old ladies [ serve it ] to kids and adults .
niiyoo'oe
mountain.birch
Mountain birch .
toonheetniistoyou'uuwuno' nenee' heni'oo'eiseeno'
INDEF-FUT-how.IMPERF-to.remember.a.lesson-12 it,.third.sg..inan..pronoun IC.INSTR-gather-12
How we will hold on to/remember it , this is why we are meeting .
Huutiino
around.here
Here .
hookuuneese'ehk ni'iiwo'owte'ci'oot hiii
thawing.wind.blows-SUBJ INSTR.CAUS-more-melt-3S snow
A warm wind ( Chinook ) will help melt the snow .
neeso beteenoowu3oow hihcebe' nih'oo3oo neibee3heiit noh hono'ut hineniteeniit hihcebe' nih'oo3oo
three Holy.Spirit above trickster 1S.IMPERF-bless-3 and all the.people above trickster
thirdly , in God the Holy Ghost , Who sanctifieth me and all the people of God .
niicoonbii'eeneetowoo neeneibiibi3ehit
IMPERF-unable-think.up-1S what-pray-3.S
" I can't think of it ," what he will pray about .
Wohei noosoubeetnonouht nuhu' heso'ooniini Hee'inow heetcebe'eihi3en
okay IC.still-want.to-race-3.S this fast-DETACH IC.know-2S FUT-surpass-1S
Well he still wants to race . You know I'm going to beat you .
'oh niiyou nuhu' beebeet 'oh heihoowoo3eihin hini'iit niiheeneti3i'
but here.it.is this just but 2.NEG-many.little.ones-12 that(aforementioned).there IMPERF-speak-3PL
And now , there are just not very many of us left , those who speak [ Arapaho ].
Kookou'unei cih'owouunonei'ee
please EMPH.IMPER-take.pity.on-1PL.IMPER
Please , have mercy on us .
woo'uh'ei
magpie
Magpie
'oh nehe' hinen nooxeihi' he'ihP nooxeihi' nihwoowo'weso'oetiini' huu3e' beebei'on huu3e' huu3e' too3iihi' hini'iit uhh cee'iyeino'oowu'
but this man maybe NARRPAST-pause maybe PAST-REDUP-people.herd.cattle.farther.along-0S over.there far.away over.there over.there nearby-ADV that(aforementioned).there uhh Ft..Washakie,.WY
And this man [ Black Eagle ], maybe people were driving cattle along , way over there , over there near Fort Washakie
hi'in nenee'
that(aforementioned) IC.it
That's it .
Yeheihoo nih'ii3o'
gee.whiz ! PAST-say.to.s.o.-1S
Gee whiz , I said to him .
he'ih'iiP nooxeihi' cee'iiP heecoho'ooni3
NARRPAST.IMPERF-pause maybe IC.again-IMPERF-pause recover.strength-4S
it was maybe it was recovering its strength again .
yeah
yeah
yeah .
Hiibeteee' xonou
IMPERF.IMPER-dance-2PL.IMPER immediately
" You must dance , right away ."
Nehe' hinen howoo hoowoe'in
this man also not.know
And the man did not know it either .
ne'nih'iini bisiihi' bisiihi' nuhu' honoot honoot nohkuseic hisei heetciitookoheit nih'iit
then-PAST.IMPERF-DETACH all-ADV all-ADV this until until morning woman FUT-bring.water.inside-3.S he
Then [ we did ] all that , all [ the parts of ] this [ ceremony , until , until the next morning , [ when ] the woman is going to bring in the water , he said .
neyeinottonoo hinee
IMPER.FUT-try-ask-3S that
You must try to ask that one .
wootii niiP hiihoowuni'beebebiiskokoh'u3ecoono'
like IMPERF-pause 3.IMPERF.NEG-able-REDUP-properly-think-pers.PL
It's like they can't think properly .
Wohei ne'heeneiyooteno'
okay then-clean.(up)-3S
Then she cleaned it up , trimmed off the twigs .
hii3oobee' nuhu' hoo3iteet
IC.true-0S this tell.story-3.S
What he is telling is true .
Heenoo ne'nih'iisiini ceteihin
natural that.was.how paralyzed,.part.of.body.is.dead-2S
" You will just always be paralyzed like this ."
yeah teehibino'
yeah strawberries
yeah , strawberries .
neeneixoohoo3iho' neeneisxooxouuwunihiitooni'
teach-1S what-REDUP-straight-people.say.things-0S
I teach her things , how people say things properly .
wootii niitootonounou'u
like IMPERF-REDUP-use-3PL
like the things they use ,
WonP hiineyeih'ini niineyeih'ini
ALLAT-pause 3S.IMPERF-try.PAST-DETACH IMPERF-try.PAST-DETACH
He goes and tries , tries to ...
Ne'P ne'iini bi'kou'unbesiiwoh'oonP
then-pause then just-act.as.ceremonial.grandfather.to.s.o .
Only then can you have a ceremonial grandfather .
heenoo teecxo' nih'ee3neeciixootee' nih'ii3o'
oblig long.ago PAST-very-located.far.(apart)-0S PAST-say.to.s.o.-1S
In the past , it was always farther to everywhere , I said to him [ teasingly ].
Noh he'ne'ii'ei'towuunei3i' nihnoohowo' hoocoo wootii ceheekuut heesicenise' hihii3iihi' hihcebe'
and that's.when-tell.s.o.-4 PAST-see-1S devil like lightning what-fall.down-0S from above
He said to them , " I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning .
Wohei hiit niinee'eenee3oneihi' nee'eeneestoo'
okay here IMPERF-that-take.one's.time.in.doing.s.t.-2PL.IMPER do.those.things-2PL.IMPER
Well take your time here , with what you're doing .
Nohuusoho'
like.that
Amen .
Howoto'oo nonsih'ebiihii nih'ii3eit
wake.up drunkard PAST-say.to.s.o.-4
" Wake up you drunk !" she said to him .
'oh neneenino' niihinono'eiyeitino'
but IC.it.is-12 . IMPERF-speak.Arapaho-12
But us , we speak Arapaho .
BeaP Beaver Dodge no'uukoheit
-pause Beaver Dodge arrive.on.horseback-3.S
Beaver Dodge rode up .
niiwo'teenoxoh'owoo nei3e'ee
IMPERF-burn.s.t..black-1S 1S-hair
I dye my hair .
'oo
yes
Yes .
Ne'P niine'eehek nehe' hinen nehe' hinen ne'nih'iisiini noonP toh'uni heenetenoot heeneisiihi'
that-pause here.is.3S this man this man that.was.how since-DETACH REDUP-remove.s.t..(from.out.of.s.t..else) 3S whatever-ADV
And here is this man . that was how this man ... When he removed various things [ from people ].
Bii'iitiino' niiinon he'ih'ootee
find-pers.PL tipi NARRPAST-placed
They found a tipi set up .
noh he'ih'oxooteenebeeno'
and NARRPAST-think.of.mockingly-3PL
and they ridiculed him .
noohobee3i' nisicoho'
see-1PL antelopes
We saw some antelope .
Niiniitobeet neniitobeet yeah
IMPERF-hear.things-3.S IC.hear.things-3.S yeah
She understands , she understands , yeah .
Nehe' betebihehi' hei'cihnoo3eihit
this little.old.woman when.PERF-to.here-abandoned-3.S
About when that old lady was left behind here .
Wootii neenei'ou3eihit
like how.educated.X.is-3.S
Like how educated a person is ,
'oh neneenit niito' nouuhcehit
but IC.it.is-3.S first run-3.S
But the first thing , he ran outside .
hootnooxowoot nih'oo3ouwoxuu
FUT-feed-3S pig-NA.OBV.PL
He will feed the pigs .
Kookonoh hihbiinooon he'inee'ee3eihit:
completely,.entirely,.every.single.one 3S.PAST-eat-3S.DEPPART.obv DUBIT-be.thus-3.S
Just like the one he had eaten , that's how he was now :