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Naho

yamook

choiyissi

yaamook

saamoosin

…

saamoosin

this also

pine needles

like this

how big

JJ: When did y'all look for

wihhachitoska

noksofookon

…

alahkayaamik

naho

…

choiyissiyaamii

y'all look for

when

others

pine needles the

the pine needles?

uh	…	Ohaiyon	wihhachitoskaa	inkok	kasatkahchon	,	inkok	naksaamit
uh		summer	did y'all look for?	or	when it's cold		or	however

Did y'all look for pine needles in the summer or when it's cold, or it didn't

ittamathaikkotoska	saamin	…	naksaamin	wihhachik	…
it didn't matter	or		how	y'all looked for

really matter when or how did y'all look...

MB	:	am--	ammaamak	aataafookakittap	,	choiyiihissi	wiiliik	,	naho
MB		my--	my mother	living then		pine needles	look		like

MB: Back then when my mom went looking for pine needles, she'd go around

ilanaawihkoothaafookan	,	wiiliifookok	aatinmathatla̱a̱hoossoolik	,	naho
hunting season		look for	scared really		like

hunting season and would be really scared of the hunters

iliinaawiiliiyaamiik	ittohayo̱	yomaaliifookok	,	naho	bihi	slamaaliskan	,	kantik
the hunters	in the woods	around		like	gun	have them		but

hunting in the woods since they had guns with them.

naho	,	uh	…	maafookaakittap	,	naho	uh	…	athoolit	yomaalihchokkoskat	,
like		uh		back then		like	uh		drive	that don't go aroun

Back then, nobody drove around. If they wanted something, the only way they got around

chayaalit	yomaaliibaanok	naason	bannaak	wiilit	nahohchooliskan	,	nahohchoolik	,
walk	go around only	what	want	look	usually does		used to do

was walking.

chayaalit	athiiyatik	,	bihi̱	yomaalit	,	slomaalin	nahoop	,	aatinmathatlihchoolik	katik
walk	he/she going		gun	carry them		carry them	happens		was scared of them	but

She would walk but was scared of the hunters.

ohaiyifookan	howiilihchootoskap	ya	uh	…	himaayaamip	himaak	bokoplit
summer time	used to look	this	uh		nowadays	just	sprouted

They used to look for pine needles in the summer, but now they look for them when they're just

aththatok	,	ottinnahootanookaafookan	,	hobaskit	anookaafookan	,	maafookan
begins		usually starts to begin		long	done		and then

starting to ripen or sprout, just about when they're just getting longer.

howiilik	,	iptho	maatilba	othafiinamahchan	,	naho	kasatkat	himaak
look for		squirrel	hunting season	getting there		like	is cold	just

Also, around squirrel season and then around when the cold weather is

athiiyafookan	mon	maan	howiilihchonmihchok	yok	choiyissik	hoktit	anookok
beginning	that	again	usually look for	this	pine needle	mature	get

beginning to start. That's when the pine needles are starting to mature and

nahot	hobaskit	anookok	immaayap	,	immaayap	okilfaihiskan	,	maafookan
like	long	get	from now on		from now on	don't grow		and then

they get longer. From then on, they'll stop growing. That's when

howiilihchoolik	,	kaamis	kosnap	kamiichilkahchok	maafookon	,	mokkoop	kasatkaap	,
look for		so	we	we do	that time		because	when it's cold

they look for them. So we do it around that time because when it gets cold and when

oibaat	nahoop	choiyissip	labahkaap	mahhaasin	solotkalahokkoskan
rain	happens	pine needles	wet is	fortunately won't	dry fast enough

it rains, the pine needles will get wet and won't dry fast.

JJ	:	asaalamook	,	naho	,	achoochiik	ya	,	choba	saamoosin
JJ		basket the		like		you sew	this		big	about

JJ: What is the biggest basket you've ever sewn?

achoochiimahchoto̱	,	hochoba	saamoosin	,	saamit	mook	measure-hiskahchommi̱	,
you've sewn before		how big	about		how	that	you measure

How do you measure the basket?

ompiinoot	nahotiskahchommi̱	,	nampo̱	sa̱a̱it	athchiiyak	bikkohaalon
measure	you do		how much	how	you go	beforehand

Do you measure it as you sew to see how big you want it?

naho̱

anok

anap

naholiip

ano

amonpiinoofookakittaap

yes

when I do

when she showed me back

MB: Yes, when she showed me how to measure the basket, we had to

asaalasi̱	yamiichit	pahtahchit	anoshooliifookaon	,	nota̱	ya	ottichooobittoyaamin
the baset	like this	flattened	I finish it		under	this	like the lower end

flatten the bottom ad put the ruler at the end of the bottom like this

naho	uh	…	stonpiinosi̱	paapithkafookok	,	ompinok	nota̱	pat-haak
like	uh		the ruler	put on top		measure it	under	flat

and measure it. After measuring the bottom she'd say, "The bottom is this big."

naksaamoos	kaahahchoolik	yaami̱	,	kaamik	staththaak	,	yaamit	tonohkit
this is how big	used to say	like this		then	go on		like this	round

She'd keep on sewing, making the basket round and round. Let me use

nahofookon	,	yon	imissilok	ommila̱a̱	,	naho	ompinosi̱	yamiichit
usually do		this	get it from	I will		like	the ruler	like this

her ruler. Put the ruler on top of the basket like this

paabalaaliikok	ya	hokkiitan	nahoofookok	,	yon	nahok	,	yaamin	ompiinohchoolik
lay it there	here	in the middle	do it like that		this	like		like this	she measured

and measure it. That's how she used to do it.

kaamin	,	yamiichit	paabalaaliifookok	yok	hokkiitakkaanon	nahoofok	,
like that		like this	lay it down	this	right in the middle	do it

She'd lay it down like this, right in the middle and say, "This is

yamiichiifookok	,	yamiichit	naho	,	akkaam	kahahchoolik	,	kaamik	nota̱
do it like this		do something	like		like that	used to say		then	under

how big it is."

yaamii	ompinok	,	yamiichit	paabalaaliifookok	,	ya	nota̱	,	akkamossom	nota̱
like something	measure it		like this	lay it down		this	under		just so much	under

Then she'd do the same thing on the bottom of the basket and say, "This is how big this is."

kahahchoolik	,	ompinok	ompiinoofookok	,	kamiichit	nahohchoolik	,	kaamiik
she used to say		measured it	after measuring it		did like that	used to do		then

That's how she used to do it.

maan	naho	…	asaalasik	piila	lamatkit	yaamit	chaihahchokommiip	yamiichit	naho
again	like		basket the	merely	straight	like this	tall is	like this	like

Then if the baset is tall, she'd take the ruler

stonpinosi̱	hachaalichiifookok	chaihak	naksaamoosin	nahok	,	mon	kamiichit
ruler	stand it	tall	about how	like		that	did that

and put it against it and see how tall it is. That's how she used to

ompiinohchoolik	,	kamiichiliikanahchok	anok	.
measure did		I do it like that	I

measure it. That's how I still do it.

Maamin	…
and then

And then...