smy̓may̓ 00/01: iʔ syilx naʔɬ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷsəl̓x / qipčm̓ (iʔ sʔaʔúm)

Answer 1

Salish

Answer 2

mountains

Answer 3

side / beside

Answer 4

need something

Answer 5

in those days

Answer 6

catch fish

Answer 7

pray for something

Answer 8

to bud

Question 9

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Answer 9

The syilx and their land

Answer 10

The Syilx are a beautiful people and their land is beautiful.

Answer 11

It [their land] has rivers and lakes.

Question 12

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Answer 12

They lived in valleys between mountains covered in many trees (forests).

Answer 13

A long time ago, whatever the Syilx needed, it was there to be had.

Answer 14

Salmon, ling cod, and many different kinds of fish filled the rivers and lakes.

Answer 15

The bitterroot and biscuit root grew well there in the meadows.

Answer 16

And everywhere the people’s food berries were growing.

Answer 17

The Syilx hunted deer, mountain sheep, caribou, and bear.

Answer 18

There were many animals for them to hunt.

Answer 19

They gathered plants that grew for their medicine, which grew everywhere.

Answer 20

In those days, life was not easy, but we had everything that we needed to live.

Answer 21

Now many things have changed in the land of the Syilx, but the Syilx still live there.

Answer 22

We still catch fish, and gather roots and berries

Answer 23

We hunt

Answer 24

We still gather and make our medicine.

Answer 25

We pray for our land.

Answer 26

We sing and we war dance.

Answer 27

And we still speak n̓syil̓xčn̓

Answer 28

Spring raises the sun.

Answer 29

The day returns.

Answer 30

The night is cool.

Answer 31

The day is warm.

Answer 32

The plants and trees bud and flower.