Friday, April 26, 2019

Haida Language Friday April 26, 2019

Video Part One

Video Part Two

Notes to Video Part One
Woody
00:00 - Story about asking how the weather is or how are you?

    Sanuu Dang G̱íidang

    Aang

01:22 - Chief Dan George couldn't say "ng" instead said "n" as in hang would be han, sing would sound as sin.

    Story about Singers and Drummers

02:20 - Heron story - ie Herrings

03:00 - Haw'aa

06:30 - 15 cycles

    2,500 years each

    78,000 years ago

07:44 - survived by storing food in caves

08:25 - Use of feathers

09:17 - Spirit of the Atmosphere

10:12 - Learning to become human

11:35 - People were put on a land that looked like them...

12:05 - In Haida we have four k sounds

13:27 - Life is like walking on the edge of a knife blade

13:44 - The hollow one's came among us

15:23 - Climate change happens

15:50 - The medicine people would be called back from the tears of the children

17:22 - As adults we are the children's future - because they are going to become more than we teach them

17:35 - Tribe is a circle of people

18:20 - Sacred

18:42 - G̱íihlgiigaa

18:50 - Like forests roots, we are so inter twinned that the greatest troubles cannot overcome us

19:45 - Straight line to the Highest Values

20:38 - Four primary values - Trust, Share, Help, Give Back

22:01 - Canoes

22:58 - The oar lock

24:40 - Hl gaw uu means in english grabby