| WORLD VOICES THE LANGUAGE
RAVEN GAVE US
BY JOHN E. SMELCER |
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CREATION MYTH Elders
say we are named for the Copper River.
They say we came here a long time ago saw the wide valley, the snowy mountains, the berried hills, caribou and moose, and wept joyously for a hundred years until the happy tears became the river, salmon spawning in the headwaters. YENIDA'A Da'atnae
łu koht'aene zii 'Atna' Tuu.
Da'atnae łu daetl' tiyda'atah tak'ae bets 'aen, sesi dghelaay 'aen, gigi tes 'aen, udzih 'eł deniigi, 'eł tsagh 'iita ggesdlaani xay tsagh 'iita zdlaen 'Atna' Tuu, łuk'ae yii tatl'ah nene'. |