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Koyaamiik , uh, chimasila [ chila̱a̱] choiyissiyaamik,
I’m going to ask you about the pine needles.

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saamit tihhaskahchootoska̱, hasnap?
How did y’all used to pull the pine needles?

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koyaamiip, alahkat halaakan hiichalihchok saamit
I used to see others pull on them somehow…

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Ai, uh, naho it- ittohayo̱ aayaat wihchahpik stalaakahchok hochaihat ho- hochakiihoosit hobaskit
Yes, we would all go into the woods and look. Keep looking and you’ll find

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choiyi hissik kaamiifookon
the short long pine needles bunched up together and then we would

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naho wihhilaahiik athka̱ ohya̱ stonthaafookok naho
bring a box to put them in.

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himaak wihchikkohaalok, ammaamak ammankat, wihchikkohaalok,
Before you go pick pine needles, my mother told me

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ampichik onkaak wihchikkohaalok, naho, Abachokkooli̱,
to thank God for the pine tree and the pine needles that he gives us.

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naho, choiyi̱ matkonkat choiyi hissimook matkonka̱ mon immankok himaaya
Tell him that you’re going to pull the pine needles off the pine trees from him.

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ittomook mook k– choiyissi̱ chinthifhila̱ kahhook,
You’re supposed to pray to him for it.

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immahkook onhachila̱o̱ polaaki̱ paachofotlit thifhachik thifhachikkolao̱ kaahahchok,
Don’t jump right in and pull the pine needles.

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kaamiik maan ya stachooka̱ uh, ya stachookamook ittamathahkin
And then the raffia, you can use

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yaamiik ittamathahkin bannaap naho
different colors if you want.

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hommahchoot hotalaaboolihchok yaamik
They usually make the color red.

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kosoba̱ nahoot ommo̱ athoot ommo̱ mon
They make their own colors with poke berries, ripe poke berries.

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Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.

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wihliifookok sbothotliichit ittamathahkooyan kala̱ maafookook naho ma … naho maan
they go find the poke berries and boil it and make different colors with it

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ocha-pakko locha
Then they boil it with black walnut, also.

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akkoyaami, mook yaamik sbothotliichik
They boil the black walnut

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tanka̱, mook naahohchok anahkahchok locha, lochaamahchok,
and it turns dark. That, too, turns kind of black.

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akkamiichihchoolik ihoochap himaayaalip himaaya… himaaya yaamiip choopat onhilihchok
They used to do it like that a long time ago and now we buy them.

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Ai, kaamis ihoochon stontihchok ommi̱ mook kon … mook mafiinak
So, has it come a long ways?

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Ai, nahok kamiichit
Yes, they would use

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ittamathahkohyan kala̱ bannaap, kamiichit ommihchok
all different colors if they want.

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Kaamis himaayaamiip sahchon ommihchoo– ommihchooton, nahoop kalap dye-ka dye-kahchommihchooton inkook
So now what do they use? How do they put colors or dye colors? Do they dye them or…

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Ai, himaayaamiip cholpon ommiifookook, naho, anap nahon ommilihchok,
Yes, nowadays they use store bought ones, but as for me, I

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vinega … viinikon onkal, kahchon paanaathiliikook akkon kala̱ paanaathiliikok sto– piililok,
use vinegar. I put vinegar in with the dye.

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pihkaasin asihkok, stoochikiililiikchikiika oh–oh– bothotlit anookaafookon oowaththok ayommook
I take a few raffia and tie them and put it in a pot. When it’s finished boiling,

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akkon mat– matchikiichiik
put the dye in and stir it.

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okihayo̱ matstoochikiichiik naahohchok lapaalihchok taththa̱ maafookon, ihoochaayaalin
Once you put it in the water, it usually sticks to one side. Then wait awhile and turn it over

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saatanatchiik himaayamaan maataththamaathon kaamiik
and let it do the same thing on that side.

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ah … ah … acha̱ ostatakaaliliifookon faplik solotlihchok
Then, I go outside and hang it up and the wind dries it,

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katik solottikkoosin stischook spithiskahchok kamiichiskaabaanon nahotikkohchok,
but before it dries completely, get it and put it up. That’s the only way for it not to

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sihkatikkohchok
break apart.

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kaamis akkaalon stachookamal … mon onhachihchooto̱ makaffiichit Nahotaska̱ nahosaayaamin
So do you use the raffia to decorate the baskets?

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pakaali̱ yaami̱ paachikiilit nahotaskahchooki̱
Like putting flowers on the basket. Is that what y’all do?

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Ai, ai , ai …, ittamathahkooyan
Yes, they use different ones,

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pakaaloot schoopakaaliichin, choiyathoot holapaffiichihchok, alahkat choiyathi̱ holawísta̱a̱sik,
like flowers is used for decoration and they use pine cones

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naho ii– itto uh … hochakiihoossoot ishichaap inkoop naho uh,
If you find the very short trees or

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stonaliiyoot paahachaalok mat– mattipkoolihchok
stand on something, you can pull some off.

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naho choiyathi̱ kaamik mon schoolapaffiichihchok alahkat maakon
Pine cones are put on for decorations.

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okchakkoot stonachoolik, choiyissiyaamin stonachoolit schoomaakaffiichihchok kaamik
Others sew blue raffia into the basket. They sew into it like the pine needles to decorate them.

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inkook alahkat pakaaloot schootalabooliit
And then others use the colored raffia to put flowers on the baskets.