| WORLD VOICES THE LANGUAGE
RAVEN GAVE US
BY JOHN E. SMELCER |
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MOUNTAIN SMOKE At the center of
Indian country,
three miles high, rises Mt. Wrangell. Sometimes smoke comes from the mountain top. Elders believe it is smoke from the campfires of spirits. It is said that when we die, our ghosts travel there. When I have lived for a very long time I will go there, too. DGHELAAY LET Ahtna nen niidze
taan,
taa'i miles caax, K'ełt'aeni gge'. Nildentah łet tsiniyaa dghelaay tsit'aak'e. Da'atnae ts'elnes łet ts'en kon' ce'yiige. łu denaey t'edyaak, nae ce'yiige naa den. Sii c'a tiy dadenelnen sii naa dghelaay, cu. |