News From Native California - Spring 2015 Volume 28, Issue 3 | Page 5

In Our Languages

Na:tini-xw wint’e-ding
Poem by Stephanie Lumsden

Na:tini-xw ch’idun’-ding
Ky’a:da:ne:-xosin
Ta’na:n-na:niwe:sile’n
Ts’ehdiyah to:-wingkyah
Ya’k’itł’oy
Dining’xine:wh-mił – na:sa’a:n xowhniwh
K’iwinya’nya:n-mi’a:winiw’
Na:tinixwe q’ina xwe:yłq’it-xwe tsumehstƚ’o:n ‘a:wht’e
Xa:t’i-whixinay
K’itiwhtł’owh mich’ing’-ding whije:y’-tiwhte’
Na:tini-xw wint’e-ding

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