Description: Tehahenteh speaks with John Maracle and Raymond Miller

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Audio Details

• Recording Date:
• Community: Six Nations of the Grand River
• Language: Mohawk (Kanyen’kéha)
• Recording Context: Educational use

Content and Timestamps

0:00 John Maracle
0:05 tree types
4:45 Raymond Miller and John
9:15 ish John speaks mix of English and Mohawk
10:45 John tells stories in Mohawk
13:00 talk about guitar and music
14:00 musical instruments
14:45 talk about mohawk terms
14:45 tha’onòn:na – right soon
16:45 not many people left who speak mohawk and what’s that is like
17:40 talk about recording mohawk speakers and talk about singing
21:30 John speaks English
23:25 John speaks Mohawk about people who come to sing
25:00 ish reading and writing and orthography
29:00 talk about words, fertilizer, manure
31:10 óhkare, ohká:ra, wood chip
45:11 end

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Credits and Permissions

• Speakers: Tehahenteh, John Maracle and Raymond Miller
• Recording Date: 1997
• Usage Permissions: Approved for educational Use
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