“Burying” a Placenta on the Trapline: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

nikiskisin ispî kâ-kî-nihtâwikit nisîmis: nohtâwiy kî-wîwîkinam otisiyâpiy ikwa aspaskwîsimon. nikî-wîsâmik kita-wîcîwak kita-nitawi-akotât iyakoni ispimihk mistikohk. tânihki îtokî iyakwîthiw ispimihk kâ-kî-akotât.

ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓯᐣ ᐃᐢᐲ ᑳ ᑮ ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐟ ᓂᓰᒥᐢ: ᓄᐦᑖᐏᐩ ᑮ ᐑᐑᑭᓇᒼ ᐅᑎᓯᔮᐱᐩ ᐃᑿ ᐊᐢᐸᐢᑹᓯᒧᐣ᙮ ᓂᑮ ᐑᓵᒥᐠ ᑭᑕ ᐑᒌᐘᐠ ᑭᑕ ᓂᑕᐏ ᐊᑯᑖᐟ ᐃᔭᑯᓂ ᐃᐢᐱᒥᕽ ᒥᐢᑎᑯᕽ᙮ ᑖᓂᐦᑭ ᐄᑐᑮ ᐃᔭᑹᖨᐤ ᐃᐢᐱᒥᕽ ᑳ ᑮ ᐊᑯᑖᐟ᙮

I remember when my younger sibling was born: my father wrapped up the umbilical cord and the placenta. He invited me along to go hang that up in a tree. I wonder why he hung that up high in a tree?

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