Iapi Oaye (Santee, Nebraska), 1921-10

              SANTEE,   NEBRASKA.
TAKU  WASTE  OKIYA.   TAKU   SICA  KIPAJIN
P. B.  RIGGS, PUBLISHER.
VOLUME L    NUMBER   8
October, 1921
WOKAJUJU KASPAPI   SAKPE
NAVAJO S1NA;KAGAPI,-J
Navajo Sina wanji duha he, ban wanji duhe
cinhan, owanyag waste kagapi, qa wicohan tohanyan ayusotapi kin hena sdonyaye cinhan
tehiya iyahdawa kta nacece. Navajo Dakota
kin maka tipi (hogans) tiyo wanjidan ohna
tipi. Waniyetu tehanhan kin icunhan wino-
hca, qa wikoska kin hena owinja, qa Sina kagapi. May wi kin en tahca skadan conkaSke
en iyewicayapi qa wicaliea kin, (tiwahe eu ina-
yanpi kin he tahca skadan tawa wicaye cin
bee) tahca ska kin hin wicayuSdapi ecee, qa
tahca hiu kiu piyapi. Hehan tahca hin kin
wipajaja on tanyan yujajapi, qa sutaya qa wa-
yupiya kahmupi, qa tuktekten tona akihde piya sanpa tanyan kahmupi ecee, waniyetu ota
iye widunye tawapi on uupi, tuka wanna dehan waSicun widunye kagapi etanhan opetonpi ece. Tahca hin sape, qa ska kin tohanyan
icicahiyapi kmban san kte cin hehanyan tanyan econpi ecee. Owiuja kin gi kin (brown)
un pi Sni, iye dunyapi sni ehantanhanS, ecin
tahca ska hiu gi kiu ota Sni. Iyowa Sa kin he
iyowa iyotan yawapi, owinja kin sanpa yuwa-
Ste seca, tuktekteu tokeca kiu hecehnana kagapi ecee. Tuktekten Sina kagapi kin dena ocaje
kagapi waSte kin hena totauhau icupi nace eyapi ece, hiya tohni owinja nom iyakidecen kagapi Sni.    Tohan tiwahe kin  en wowayazan
HIGH  PERFECTION IN WEAVING WAS LONG AGO  ATTAINED BY THE NAVAJO
SQUATTING  ON THE GROUND THE WOMEN WORK STEADILY AT THE  LOOMS
wanji hi eca, wancahna wapiya wanji hweye
wicaSipi ece, hehan he tipi kin ataya tanyan
kahinta, qa makoce puza kin ekta wiyaka (ca-
smu) ocaje obe toktokeca hwe i, qa tohan tipi
kin ekta hdi eca owanka kin en oSteSteya
okadada ecee, qa de owanyake kin en waya-
zanke kin eunpapi, qa hehan woecon kin econpi ecee. Wiyaka (casmu) owapi, qa owanyake kagapi kin dena winyanpi kin on wokiksuye yuhapi, qa he iyohakam tohantu ca owinja
kagapi en iye tanin ecee. Eya Navajo (Nava-
ho hecen eyapi) Sina token owanyake kagapi
kin de ohniyan woyakapi kin heca sni, Sina
owanyag waSte kin token wacin tanka, qa wa-
yupiya kagapi kin he e on woyakapi kin ee.
Hecen wicanhpi, wakanhdi, wi hmunke, wan-
hinkpe, qa he wakan owanyake kagapi kin hena e wowapetokeca hee kin ee. Navajo kin o-
wanyake kagapi kin en yuktanyan kagapi waniea tuka kalimin tontonyan hin qa obdotonyan
qa icikiyedan pespestoya yukSankSanyan hecen
otakiya ehnakapi ecee. Winyan kin
maka kin akan iyotankapi, qa wica-
zonte kin en katinyan htanipi ecee,
qa hanke cen yuStanpi eca, owinja
kuyatanhan heciyatanhan pehanpi
qa iSto wankantan-
han kagapi ece, qa
tohni token okage
kin hdusnapi Sni,
okini wi wanji cen
wicohan econpi kin
de en ayusotapi,
anpetu wakau wanji ca anpetu Sakowin henakeca wi
hinnape cin etanhan wi iyaye cin
hehanyan htanipi,
qa tohan Sina kin
yuStanpi kinhan
hehan mazopiye
ekta aipi, qa pejuta
sapa, aguyapi, mni-
huha qa taku on waSpanyanpi hecekcen on ici-
yopeyapiece. Owinja okagapi den owapi kin
dena tuwe dena oyake cin Ganado Mission en
Dakota winyau wan tauyan sdonya e he dena kaga e ite owa icu. Mazopiye wicaSta wan
wakahwaynpika wan owinja wanji ohanske
cin qa ohdakinyan kin tohankeca e cin keya
okiyaka, unkan mazopiye wicaSta kin tuwe
iyotan wakahmu wayupika wan ahdi qa hehan
wakahwayupika kin heciya, howo tinskokeca
hin yacin kin eeen okiyaka wo, mazopiye ekta
ye qa wahinske ojuha wanji aku qa iyuta yuksa
wo. Unkau wakahwayupike kin wojuha kin
ahdi qa tohanhaukeca cin kin iyeeen yuksa.
Hehan ieska kin heciya, okiyaka wo de toketu
kin iyeceli kage kte do. Unkitaoyatepi kin
taku owasin ohuayanh econpi ecee kin sdonye Sni heya qa hehau winyan kin pe»juta sapa
ohna hiyapi kin he qu. He iyohakam anpetu wakan touakeca cen winyan wakahmu
kin kaihayaken hi.    Tokehhi kaliSi kin iye-
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"IT IS THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY WHO OWNS THE SHEEP"
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A BARr.AHfC SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN
COLOr. THAT AI TEALS TO HIE AESTHETIC Xa^E
celiin kage, qa pejuta sapa owiyopeya wojuha heua koya yupiya ken kage qa kahi.
Navajo oyate owinja kaga wayupikapi sdon-
wicayapi kin wicohan tawapi kin ecadan owihanke kta.
Wikoskapidan kin hena onspe wicakiyapi Sni
ehantanhanS, tohan tiyata wayawa hdipi eca ta-
hcaskadan awanwicayakapi, qa maka iyutapi o-
dota mani woyute,qa mini iwicakihui unpi ecee.
Tokata wayawa tipi unkitawapi kin owasin e-
cen wakahmupi wicohan kin de unkiyepi ehna
anpetu  iyohi onspewicakiyapi qes uukicinpi.
REV. JOHN EASTMAN TA
Oct. 5,1921 hehau te, iye ti kin en Siesston
ekta. Oct. 10, wiyotanhan sanpa nonpaa pa, hehan hapi, Flandreau kin eu. Dakota makoce
kin owancatanhan nina wicota hipi. Flandreau Presbyterian Okodakiciye tipi wakan
tawapi en mniciyapi. Odowan ahiyayapi hena owasin Rev. John Eastman iye iyotan waste dake qais on waSagioiye ecee kin hena ee.
Wicasta tona wohdakapi qa taku owasin token
econpi hena tokata Iapi Oaye kiu en unkoyakapi  kte.
By the kindness of the American Home Mission Monthly we~are"permitted to present the above.