Description: Describing a list of Mohawk words.

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Audio Details

• Recording Date: 1986
• Speakers: Ruth Isaacs, Ima Johnson, Claudine VanEvery-Albert, Francis Froman, Lottie Key, Rita Key, Martha Lickers, Marjorie Sky, Marjorie Jacobs, and Beatrice Thomas.
• Community: Six Nations of the Grand River
• Language: Mohawk (Kanyen’kéha)
• Recording Context: Educational use

Content and Timestamps

0:00 Introduction – Writers: Ruth Isaacs, Ima Johnson, Claudine VanEvery-Albert, Francis Froman, Lottie Key, Rita Key, Martha Lickers and Marjorie Sky
 
0:30 Speakers: Rita Key, Marjorie Jacobs, Beatrice Thomas
 
0:45 A
1:50 alligator teka’nikahtón:t(on)
2:15 ankle “sh”
3:20 armpit
4:35 B
6:15 bed ká:nakte
6:30 bedroom yenonhwétstha
6:45 bee yakonererhohárhos
7:45 bicycle
8:20 blackberry
8:30 blanket “sh”
9:20 bluejay other word
10:00 boil command tehsnekóntyehte
11:30 breechcloth
12:20 broom
14:30 C
 
45:15 Side 2
45:20 G
1:30:37 end

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• Usage Permissions: Approved for educational Use

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