'Nii Wila Waalt

from G̱al'üünx Wil Lu Holtga Liimi by Saltwater Hank

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This is a series of natural events that indicate when we are supposed to harvest things. These protocols have been passed down since time immemorial, and are really indicative of how the gregorian calendar just does not make sense to us. We go after salmonberries when the ripening bird sings, and that’s that. We only harvest in good weather, because the weather is a very powerful thing that is meant to be respected. We always harvest our seaweed first because we have to dry it right away. If we strip cedar bark, the old people say it will rain, and we can’t dry our seaweed outside if it’s raining. If we strip the cedar bark too early it will also hurt the tree.

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dm güültm sm’maay
A dziła aamł laxha

‘Nii wila waalt, ‘nii wila waalt
‘Nii wila loo łaagyigyet

Łan ‘nax’nuu simiik’lsk
dawila dm miiga maḵ’ooxs

‘Nii wila waalt, ‘nii wila waalt
‘Nii wila loo łaagyigyet

Sgüü dm g̱a siła’asgm
A Nag̱ooga dm si hat’alm

‘Nii wila waalt, ‘nii wila waalt
‘Nii wila loo łaagyigyet

Translation:

We will pick blueberries when the weather is good
That’s how it goes, that’s how it happens, that is the way of the ancestors

When I hear the swainson’s thrush (the ripening bird)
Then the salmonberries will be ripe
That’s how it goes, that’s how it happens, that’s the way of the ancestors

We should harvest seaweed before we harvest cedar bark
That’s how it goes, that’s what happens, that’s the way of the ancestors

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from G̱al'üünx Wil Lu Holtga Liimi, released July 1, 2023

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