tahtwâw kâ-nitohtaman âcathôhkîwina
kîsta ikota kitosîhtân âcathôhkîwina;
iyakoni âcathôhkîwina kiwîcihikon
kita-osîhtâyan kimâmitonîthihtamowin,
kititamahcihowin;
ikwa iyakoni âcathôhkîwina
ka-wîcihikon ta-osîhat kitahcahk
kâ-ispihcisit mîna kâ-isi-sôhkist.
ᑕᐦᑤᐤ ᑳ ᓂᑐᐦᑕᒪᐣ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ
ᑮᐢᑕ ᐃᑯᑕ ᑭᑐᓰᐦᑖᐣ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ;
ᐃᔭᑯᓂ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ ᑭᐑᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ
ᑭᑕ ᐅᓰᐦᑖᔭᐣ ᑭᒫᒥᑐᓃᖨᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ,
ᑭᑎᑕᒪᐦᒋᐦᐅᐏᐣ;
ᐃᑿ ᐃᔭᑯᓂ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ
ᑲ ᐑᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑕ ᐅᓰᐦᐊᐟ ᑭᑕᐦᒐᕽ
ᑳ ᐃᐢᐱᐦᒋᓯᐟ ᒦᓇ ᑳ ᐃᓯ ᓲᐦᑭᐢᐟ᙮
Every time you listen to traditional stories,
you too are creating traditional stories;
Those stories help you
create your thoughts and your feelings;
and those stories
help you create the size and strength
of your spirit.
