Niwakashææ'ö 01.12


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01.12.01

Ta unë akwanökek unenö'ke nö'wôti kanötayë' tuskë heutiya'tayeistahkwa' ne höwöti'skús, ne' hatiwënutatye's.

Then we lived on the south side of town near a Missionary Baptist church.


01.12.02

Unökta'ke katyashëtahkwak kathötatye'skwa' n-unötënutatye' wahsötakwékö.

I would lie in bed and listen to them singing late into the night.


01.12.03

Ne'hu auská'a hatiö'tsi' hêne's.

Only Blacks went there.


01.12.04

Tethënöhnö'nethak hunötênút wis ëkí teknyô níyô niatiwënöké aayê' akwas nëyönishe'kêôk.

They would line out hymns in five and eight-part singing hour after hour it seemed.


01.12.05

Ta unë unötênút kaö'tsikhá' hënë'nya'eskwa' hënöshëta'skwa' khu.

Or they would sing spirituals and clap their hands and stamp their feet.


01.12.06

Hatëthææni niyu'tê hatënutha'.

The preaching sounded almost like the singing.


01.12.07

Tewashê wis-skáé' thsa'ushíya'k ne'hu hwa'ákwét khéáwak aknöhkwa' khu.

Twenty-five years later I went there with my wife and daughter.


01.12.08

Thsa'kát ahsö' ne heutiya'tayeistahkwa', ahsö' hënötënútha' hënötëthææni khu.

The church was still the same, and so was the singing and preaching.


01.12.09

Ne' kwá unöhsukaëtö'ke yöthuwæstahkwa', ne' kwa' thë'ë te'uötyô ne utkathwasyu'shö'ö thsiunötênút.

Only they had put window units in for air-conditioning, so they did not sing with all the windows open any more.


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