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Kassie Henry: Our language is important, it makes us who we are

Hi-ma-yap, an poltoklon polo awah ostaakat  a-chat-thommok  om, ak-ka-tik  a-maa-chi-bah-chook  kon  naa-thii-hil-ka  cha-so-bai-ko-foo-kok.  Saa-ma-kaa-loh-cho-lik  naa-thii-hak-ko-tik  koasati.  Cha-cho-baat  ath-tha-foo-kok,  a-kos-tii-nii-chi-lit  cha-ban-nak  so-bai-lii-la-hik  koasati.  Cha-ban-nat  naa-thi-ka-laa-hik.  Haa-lo-lik  ho-a-cho-bak  naa-thii-ka  a-lo-lok,  ak-kaamiip  a-nath-thok-koh-chok,  ... read more »

Kathy Peoples: Wa-li-kat Stath-tha-lok Stan-ka-naa-hos-chok

Hasi pokkoolin poltoklon pokkol awah totchiina-foo-kon alik-chi-fa ot-hih-cha-lin am-man-kat cha-diabetic-kaa-hoo-si.  Ma-foo-ka-foo-kap san-tik ii-pat, iis-ko-lih-cho-lik, naa-son saa-mak-ka-lot.  Moo-to-hok ma-at-chako-ki naa-son sa-mi-lii-mo-tom-mo aa-lo-lok i-lii-thoi-lii-chit stath-tha-lit, kaa-non-ii-pat, kaa-non-iis-kot, oo-kimath-thon iis-kot. Wa-li-kat stath-tha-lok stan-ka-naa-hos-chok ... read more »

Loretta Williams: Stankanohchook Acholiilik Tapachka

Stan-kaa-noh-chook a-cho-li-liik ta-pach-ka. A-ti-maa-cho-li-lok a-tin-kal a-mat-laa-wis-ta, cha-po-kos-ki oo-ya. A-cho-li-lin hi-chaap ho-ban-naa-hos-sook. Maa-foo-kok, cha-i-fo-noo-si, cha-it-ta-chak-ki i-mat-laa-wis-tak sta-nos-lip naas-in-chaa-ka it-so-bai-ka-fa, a-cha-yop-pa-fo-kok i-ma-cho-li-lih-chook ta-pach-ka. Toch-chii-na maa-mit sta-nos-lip, ak-kaa-min ha-sai-kak a-cho-li-lih-chook. Kan-tik stan-ka-naa-hos-chook a-cho-lit aa-tin-ka-liik.Sta-toch-chii-na oo-ya ta-pach-ka a-cho-li-hak it-ta-na-hil-kak a-cho-hi-lih-chook gym-ka-fa. Ot-ko-hi-cha-to-ka. I like sewing quilts. I have sewn ... read more »