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We are coming together to share our ideas and to learn more ways to fight language loss amongst our respective nations.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏙᏣᏠᏏᎢᎭ ᎬᏂᎨᏒᎢ ᏱᏗᎬᏁᏗᎢ ᏂᏕᎵᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏗ ᎠᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏗᎢ ᏗᎦᏟᏱᏗᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎩᏲᎱᏎᎲᎢ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗᎢ ᎥᎿᎾᏂ ᏗᎦᏤᎵᎢ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏚᏙᏢᏒᎢ.
We would like for you all to join us at the 2017 Inter-Tribal Council Language Summit,” Frye said.
ᏲᎦᏚᎳ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎢᏍᎩᏰᎳᏕᏗᎢ ᎥᎿᎾᏂ 2017 Inter-ᎠᏂᏍᏓᏢᎢ ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎬᎢ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗᎢ ᎢᏳᏰᏟᏗ ᏓᎾᏠᏍᎬᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ Frye.
For more information, email Teresa Workman, Chickasaw Nation language manager, at teresa.workman@chickasaw.net or Melanie Frye at frye.m@sno-nsn.gov.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎪᏗ ᎠᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗᎢ ᏲᏚᎵᎠ, ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏱᏫᏅᏏ Teresa Workman, ᏥᎦᏌᎢ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒᎢ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗᎢ ᏳᏰᏟᏗ ᏗᎫᏔᏂᏙᎯ, ᏴᏩᏘ ᎥᎿᎾᏂ teresa.workman@chicksaw.net ᎠᎴᏱᎩ Melanie Frye ᎥᎿ ᏴᏩᏘ frye.m@sno-nsn.gov.
A flier and registration form for the summit may be downloaded at www.fivecivilizedtribes.org .
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏗᎦᏃᏣᏢᏍᎦ ᎠᎴ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎠᎧᎵᏏᏐᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏓᎾᏠᏍᎬᎢ ᎢᏳᏰᏟᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏰᎵᎢ ᎡᎳᏗᎦᏟᏗ ᎥᎿᎾᏂ ᏴᏩᏘ www.fivecivilizedtribes.org.
Make checks payable to “ITC Language.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᏎᎯᏍᏗ ᏴᎪᏪᎸᎥᎦ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏁᏍᏗ ᎥᎿ “ITC ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏰᏟᏗ.”
Bring the registration forms and checks to the first day of the summit.
ᎧᏃᎯᏍᏗᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎧᎵᏏᏐᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᏎᎯᏍᏗ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎢᎦ ᏓᎾᏠᏍᎬᎢ.
Receipts will be provided.
ᎠᏈᏴᎲᎢ ᎪᎯᏳᏗᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏛᎢᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ.
Local schools create Valentines for veterans
Local schools create Valentines for veterans
Meda Nix, a fifth grade teacher at the immersion school and a Marine Corps veteran, said this is the third year she and her students have made cards for veterans.
Meda Nix Z, ᎯᏍᎩᏁ ᏗᏂᏂᏙᎯ ᏗᎨᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎥᎿ ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᎠᎴ Marine Corps ᎤᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏦᎢᏃ ᏱᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏕᎨᏲᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᏚᏃᏢᏅᎢ ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏲᏍᎩ ᏧᏂᏅᏁᏗ.
She said she wants her students to learn what being a veteran means.
ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢᏃ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᎾ ᏕᎨᏲᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᎤᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᎠᏲᏍᎩ ᏱᎩ.
“I want these students to understand what a vet is, what this person has done for them and their country.
“ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᏟᏍᏗᎢ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᏲᏍᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᏂᏚᏛᏁᎸᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎢ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ.
I want them to realize that these individuals gave for them to be here today,” Nix said.
ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎠ ᎤᎾᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗᎢ ᎯᎢᎾ ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎤᎾᏓᏁᎳ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏂᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎪᎯᏴᎢ ᏥᎩ ᏣᏁᎭ.” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ Nix.
“I don’t think often our kids really…fully understand what it means to be a vet or what the word vet means.
ᏳᏓᎵᎭᏃ ᏂᎨᎵᏍᎪᎢ ᏕᎦᏓᏘᎿᎥᎢ ᎥᏝ ᎢᏙᏳᎢ … ᎧᎵᏬᎯ ᏯᏃᎵᎪᎢ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᎠᏲᏍᎩ ᏱᎩ ᎠᎴᏱᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᎠᏲᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᎦᏛᎬᎢ.
I’m a vet and they know that, and we’ve talked about it on occasion but I know at this young age, I know they probably don’t fully understand yet.
ᎠᎩᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏂᏔ, ᎠᎴ ᏳᏓᎵᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᎩᏃᎮᏝ ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏆᏂᏔ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏂᏓᎨᎢ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᏆᏂᏙᎢ ᎥᏝ Ꮩ ᎠᏏ ᎧᎵᎢ ᏯᏃᎵᎪᎢ.
Today I want them to understand that there are vets, men and women that will receive these Valentines.
ᎪᎯ ᎢᎦ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎠ ᎤᏃᏟᏍᏗᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ, ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎨᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏙᏛᏂᏁᏏᏒᎢ ᎯᎠ Valentines.
They’re vets that are in hospitals, that are in care facilities and sometimes they just do not have anyone.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ ᏧᏂᏢᎩᎢ ᎠᏂᏝᎠ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎦᏓ ᎨᎦᎦᏎᏍᏛᎢ ᎤᏣᏘᎾ ᏚᏙᏢᏩᏗᏒᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏳᏓᎵᎭ ᎠᏁᎭ ᎩᎶᎢ ᏄᏂᎧᎲᎾ ᎤᏂᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ.
So these Valentines that they’re making, it will be given to these vets.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ Valentines ᏥᏓᏃᏢᏍᎦ, ᏙᏛᏂᏅᏁᎵ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ.”
Isaiah Walema, 11, a fifth grader at the charter school, said his card had a flag and smiling heart.
Isaiah Walema, 11, ᎯᏍᎩᏁ ᏗᎧᏂᏙᎯ ᎥᎿ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᎡᏙᎯ, ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎢ ᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ ᎦᏓᏗᏃ ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏛᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ ᎤᎿᏫ.
“The heart has eyes and a smile, and it’s got Care Bears on it,” he said.
“ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎿᏫ ᏓᎧᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏙᎤᏍᏗ ᏲᎾ ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏛᎢ ᎥᎿ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᏧᏣ.
“It’s for how…hard they work for serving our country.”
“ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏰᏟᏗ …ᎾᏍᏓᏴᎢ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ ᎠᏂᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬᎢ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎢ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎤᏙᏢᏒᎢ.”
Nix said it’s important to teacher her students about giving back.
Nix Z ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ ᎢᏙᏳᏃ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗᏳᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏪᏲᏗᎢ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏁᏗᎢ.
“I enjoy this.
“ᎣᏍᏓᏃ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏒᎢ ᎯᎠ.
I want these students to know what it is to give back,” she said.
ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏂᏔ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎢᎠᏓᏁᏗᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Charles Edwin Bray, a World War II Army veteran, visited Grand View School to pick up Valentines so he could take them to the Jack C. Montgomery Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee.
Charles Edwin Bray Ꮓ, ᎾᏍᎩ II ᎪᏪᎵ ᏓᎿᏫ ᎤᏲᏏᏙᎸᎢ, ᏚᏩᏛᎯᏙᎸᎢ Grand View ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏁᏏᏢᎢ Valentines ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏧᎾᏫᏛᏗ ᎥᎿ Jack C. Montgomery Veteran Affairs Medical Center ᎥᎿ ᎫᏐᎢ ᏧᏙᏢᏒᎢ.
He said he never receives Valentine’ s Day cards so it’s an “honor” to help the school out.
ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᎢᎸᎯᏳᎢ ᏱᏚᏁᏐᎢ Valentine’s ᎢᎦ ᎠᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᎩ “ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳᎢ” ᎠᏍᏕᎸᏗᎢ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ.
He said his main goal is to help children read because he didn’t learn how to read when he was a child, so he hopes making these cards is helping them do so.
ᎢᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎢ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏧᏍᏕᎸᎸᏗᎢ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏧᏂᎪᎵᏰᏗᎢ ᏂᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏳᏕᎶᏆᎡᎢ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎤᎪᎵᏰᏗᎢ ᎠᏲᏟ ᏥᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏚᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏐᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏓᏃᏢᏍᎦ ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏳᏂᏍᏕᎳ.
“My main deal is to get kids to read.
“ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎢ ᎢᎩ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏧᏂᎪᎵᏰᏗᎢ.
This other stuff is OK, but my main object is to get kids to read. If this helps them read, fine.
ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏓᎴᎢ ᏥᎩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏏᏊ ᎢᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏧᏂᎪᎵᎨᏗᎢ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏳᏂᏍᎵᎠ, ᎣᏍᏓ.
That’s what was wrong with me ‘til I started college,” he said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᏓᏆᏓᎴᏤᎲᎢ ᎠᏯ ‘ᎩᎳ ᎠᏆᎴᏅᎯ ᏩᎦᎸᎳᏗᏴᎢ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ ᎠᏆᎴᏅᎯ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Corntassel focuses on Indigenous ‘resurgence’ movements
Corntassel focuses on Indigenous ‘resurgence’ movements
“I’ve been very critical of truth and reconciliation commissions as a way to resolve longstanding historical conflicts.
“ᎢᎦ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓ ᎠᏟᎢᎵᏒ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏐᏗ ᎠᏂᎧᎹᏏᏂ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎪᎯᏓ ᎤᏂᎩᏒ ᏅᎵᏍᏔᏅᏅ.
I think we need more than that, and so a lot of the answers are in our own communities.
ᎨᎵᎠ ᎤᏂᎬᎦ ᎤᎪᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏓ ᎠᏬᎯᎵᏴᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏅᏌ ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏫᏒᎢ.
We just don’t realize it.
ᏞᏊ ᏱᏕᎵᏍᎪᎢ.
So it’s reminding people that they have that power,” he said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏕᏓᏓᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᎲᎢ ᎤᏟᏂᎩᏓ ᎨᏒᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Corntassel, Northeastern State University’s 2017 Sequoyah Fellow, presented his lecture “From Mauna Kea to Standing Rock” on Jan. 30 at NSU, with one topic being Indigenous “resurgence.”
Corntassel, ᎤᏴᏢᎧᎸᎬ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ ᏔᎵ ᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᎦᎵᏆᏚ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗᏒᎢ ᏏᏉᏯ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏩᏁᎸ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅ “ᏂᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅ Mauna Kea to Standing Rock” ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᎸᏔᏅ 30 ᎾᎿ NSU, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏌᏊ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏗ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ “ᏓᎾᎴᎲᏍᎬᎢ.”
“Indigenous resurgence really is about honoring and nurturing those relationships we have with land culture and community and to think about different ways to honor those deep-seeded, those complex relationships whether it’s through speaking the language, whether it’s through telling the stories related to that place, ...
“ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᏓᎾᎴᏂᏏᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏙᎯᏳ ᎠᏂᎸᏉᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏄᏅᎾᏕᎪ ᎯᎠ ᏚᎾᏓᏂᏴᏛ ᎾᎿ ᎦᏙᎢ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᏗᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᎿ ᎭᏫᏂ ᎤᏂᎦᏙᎲᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏓᎴ ᏯᏛᏁᏗ ᏯᏛᎾ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎧᏃᎮᏢᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴᏱᎩ ᏗᎧᏃᎮᏢᏅ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴᏱᎩ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏓ ᎠᏂᎳᏫᎬ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Corntassel, who is the director of Indigenous Governance and an associate professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, said a recent way Indigenous people have honored relationships is when communities came together for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to serve as “protectors” by preventing...
Corntassel, ᏗᏎᎮᎵᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᏗᏓᏅᏖᎮᎵᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᏗᏓᏘᏂᏙᎯ ᎾᎿ University of Victoria in British Columbia, ᎠᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏂᎯᏯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎾᎿ ᏚᏂᎸᏉᏔᎾ ᏓᎾᏙᎵᎬ ᎾᎿ ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏫᏒ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᏅ ᎾᎿ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota ᏧᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ “ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ” ᎠᎾᎴᏫᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᎿ Dakota Access Pipeline ᎤᏂᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎾᎥ ᎠᎹ ᎤᏅᏙᏗ ᎤᏂᏁᎲ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎦᏙᎢ.
“I think a lot of folks have been thinking about the ways in which Standing Rock communities banded together to protect the water and how there might be the threat of more actions that might be needed to do that with the executive order (by President Donald Trump) basically giving the OK to Keystone (XL pipeline) again...
“ᎨᎵᏍᎬ ᎤᏂᎪᏓ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏖᏍᎨ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Standing Rock ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏫᏒ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᏗ ᏧᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎤᏂᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎠᎹ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿ ᎡᏍᎦ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎯ ᏱᎧᏂᎬᎦ ᎢᏳᏛᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎤᏁᏍᏗ (ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ Donald Trump) ᎾᎿ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎣᏏ ᎤᏛᏅ ᎾᎿ Keystone (XL pipeline) ᏏᏊ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏊ North Dakota,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“I think I wanted to show people that the link between water and land to Indigenous (people) is really close.
“ᎨᎵᎠ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎦᏥᏴᏁᏗ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᎾᏂᏴᏛ ᎠᏰᏟ ᎠᎹ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏙᎢ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ (ᎠᏂᏴᏫ) ᎾᎥ ᎨᏒᎢ.
As Indigenous peoples we honor and feel those relationships.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᏂᎯᏯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᏙᏣᎵᎮᎵᎪ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎨᏐ ᎾᎿ ᏚᎾᏓᏚᏓᎸᏛᎢ.”
He said the CN and communities surrounding the tribe have shown support for Standing Rock and by doing so it shows there are other Indigenous struggles out there that tribes such as the CN “can potentially be tied into for a future benefit for all.”
ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏫᏒ ᎤᎳᏗᏢ ᎠᏂᎳᏍᏓᏢ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏅᏁᎸ ᎤᏂᎫᏍᏓᎥ ᎾᎿ Standing Rock ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎤᏦᏎᏗ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎠᎴ ᏓᏂᎳᏍᏓᏢ ᏯᏛᎾ ᎤᏠᏯ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ “ᎡᎵᏊ ᏱᏳᏂᎭ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏟᎢᎵᏒ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ ᏂᎦᏓ.”
“An attack on one nation’s self-determination is an attack on all of us in some ways,” he said.
ᏓᏂᎦᏘᎴᎬ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏩᏌ--ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᏓᎦᏘᎴᎪ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎢᎸᏢᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Corntassel said he plans to return to NSU in March to visit students in their classrooms.
Corntassel ᎠᏗᏍᎬ ᏚᏭᎪᏛ ᏭᎷᎯᏍᏗ NSU ᎾᎿ ᎠᏅᏱ ᎧᎸᎢ ᏧᏩᏛᎯᏓᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ.
He added that he would also be back in April as a keynote speaker at the 45th annual Symposium on the American Indian.
ᏃᎴᏍᏊ ᎤᏛᏅ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎧᎸᎢ ᎾᎿ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ 45th annual “Symposium ᎾᎿ ᎠᎹᎵᎧ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ.”
“How do I show that to my 10-year-old daughter.
“ᎦᏙᏱᎦᏛᎦ ᏱᏥᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎠᏊᏣ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ.
The language is so important, and it’s so hard to speak that in isolation so I’m trying to…create my daughter as a speaker.
ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᎦ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᏱᏮᏙᎢ ᎦᏁᎶᏗᎰ….. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏈᏣ.
Then always visiting back home.
ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏫᎦᏥᏩᏛᎯᏙᎰ ᏗᎩᎬᎢ.
I come back at least once or twice a year.
ᏫᎩᏙᎰᎢ ᏌᏊ ᎠᎴ ᏔᎵᎭ ᎢᏳᏩᎪᏗ ᏑᎶᏘᏴᏓ ᎢᏳᏓᎵ.
We dance at Echota Grounds and then also to visit relatives and catch up.
ᎣᏣᎵᏍᎩᏍᎪ ᎢᏦᏗ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᎩᏍᏗᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᏮᎾ ᎢᎦᏥᎪᏩᏘᏍᎪ.
So really it’s broadened my thinking.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎧᏁᏉᎪ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏖᏗ.
Hannah creates competitive softball league
Hannah creates competitive softball league
Hannah has been involved in softball for 38 years as a certified professional umpire, but he founded NOKSA after his daughter joined Tahlequah’s recreational softball league.
Hannah ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᎳᏗᏙᎰ ᎠᎾᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎾᎿ ᏦᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎤᎾᎢ ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏩᏛᎮᎢ NOKSA ᎣᏂ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎬᏩᏖᎳᏛ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᎾᎿ ᏓᎵᏆ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ.
After elected as league president, Hannah made changes with the league’s affiliation to play competitive softball.
ᎣᏂ ᎦᏰᎦᏑᏱᏗ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, Hannah ᎤᏁᏟᏴᏒ ᎢᎦᏓ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᏗ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ.
“They (parents of league players) said they wanted a competitive league where we played for trophies and bids to state championship tournaments and things like that,” Hannah said.
“ᎾᏍᎩ (ᏧᎾᏓᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ) ᎤᎾᏛᏅ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎩ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏌᏛ ᎤᎾᏓᏠᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏓᎪᎾᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅᏍᎬᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬ Hannah.
“That’s where Northeastern Oklahoma Softball Association was born, at that point.
“ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᏴᏢᎧᎸᎬ ᎣᎦᎵᎰᎹ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᏒ ᎤᏕᏅᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᎨᏒᎢ.
He said before NOKSA there were no leagues or organizations in northeast Oklahoma where youths could play competitive softball.
ᎠᏗᏍᎬ Ꮟ NOKSA ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏒ Ꮭ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎾᏙᏂᏢᎯ ᏱᎨᏎ ᎾᎿ ᎤᏴᏢᎦᎸᎬ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎣᎦᎵᎰᎹ ᎾᎿ ᏗᎾᏛᏍᎩ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏓᎾᏓᎪᏂᏍᎩ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬᎢ.
Teams had to travel to other areas to play.
ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎯᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏁᎪᎢ ᏗᏐᎢ ᏚᏙᏢᏒ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏁᎶᏗ.
“Competitive means if you want a trophy you have to win it, and we’re not giving trophies anyway.
“ᏓᎾᏓᎪᎾᏗᏍᎬ ᎨᏛᎬᎢ ᎠᏌᏍᏛ ᏣᏚᎵ ᏣᎩᏍᏗᎢ ᏣᏓᏒᎲᏍᏗᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏝᏃ ᏱᏙᏥᎲᏍᎪ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᏒᎲᏍᏗ.
We’re giving tournament entry to state championships.
ᎯᎢᏃ ᏙᏥᏅᏁᎰ ᎠᎾᏓᎪᎾᏗᏍᎬ ᎤᏂᏴᏍᏙᏗ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏎᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ.
If you win this league, I will pay your entry fee to the state tournament championship,” he said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏱᏣᏓᏠᏏ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬ, ᎠᏯ ᏱᎦᏈᏯ ᏣᏴᏍᏙᏗ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎠᎾᏓᎪᎾᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎤᎾᏓᎵᏁᎯᏛᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
NOKSA became affiliated with USA Softball of Oklahoma in 2014, and Hannah became deputy commissioner for Oklahoma’s northeast district.
NOKSA ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ USA ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ ᎣᎦᎵᎰᎹ ᎾᎿ 2014, ᎠᎴ Hannah ᏔᎵᏁ ᎠᎴᎲᏍᎩ ᎠᎧᎷᏏᏂ ᎾᎿ ᎣᎦᎵᎰᎹ ᎤᏴᏢᎧᎸᎬ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ.
USA Softball is the governing body of the U.S. Olympic Softball team.
USA ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᎵᏙ ᎤᎭ ᎾᎿ ᎠᎹᏱᏟ Olympic ᏍᏆᏟᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ.
With the new affiliation, he said he plans to bring state championship youth fast pitch tournaments and softball camps to the area in 2017.
ᎾᏍᎩᎾ ᎢᏤ ᏧᎾᎵᎪᎯ, ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬ ᏚᏭᎪᏓ ᎠᎭᏂ ᎤᏍᏆᎶᏗ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎤᎾᏓᎵᏁᎯᏛᎢ ᎠᏂᏓᎨ ᎤᏟᏍᏗ ᎤᏕᎦ ᎠᎾᏓᎪᎾᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎬ ᎾᎿᎢ 2017 ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗᏒᎢ.
In June, there will be a four-day Nike Softball Camp, and in October there will be a two-day Jennie Finch Softball camp.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏕᎭᎷᏱ ᎧᎸ, ᏛᏍᏆᎵᎯ ᏅᎩ ᎢᎦ Nike ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ camp ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏂᎬᏗ ᎧᎸ ᏐᎢ ᏛᎠᏍᏆᎵᎯ ᏔᎵ ᏧᏙᏓᏆᏗ Jennie Finch ᏧᏙᎩᏓ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ camp ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
“This is big time stuff. These things have never been in Tahlequah before.
“ᎯᎠ ᎤᏔᎾ ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ Ꮭ ᎢᎴᎯᏳ ᏓᎵᏆ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᏓ ᏱᎩ.
We’re going to fill up every hotel room in Tahlequah…one week for Nike and a weekend for Finch,” Hannah said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏂᎦᏓ ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗ ᏕᎪᏢᏒ ᏙᏓᏲᏥᎧᎵᎳ ᎾᎿ ᏓᎵᏆ….. ᏒᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Nike ᎠᎴ weekend ᎾᎿ Finch,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬ Hannah.
“I’ve seen the registration for both.
“ ᎠᎩᎪᎯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᏧᏃᏪᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏧᎳ.
There are people come from as far away as another continent for this.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎾ ᏂᏙᏓᏳᎾᏂᎩᏓ ᏐᎢ ᏙᏗᎦᎶᎨᏒ ᏯᏛᎾ ᏍᏆᏂᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ.
There’s some people coming from Australia for the Finch camp.
ᎢᎦᏓᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Australia ᎾᏍᎩ Finch camp.
So big time, big time stuff.”
ᎤᏔᏂ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏛᏍᏆᎸᎯ.”
Both camps are bringing college players and coaches, as well as professional players and coaches from the 2008 USA Olympic Softball team.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᏚᏙᏢᏒ ᏓᎾᏘᏃᎯᎮᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎾᏘᏂᏙᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃᏊ ᎠᏂᏏᎾᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏘᏂᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ 2008 USA Olympic ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ. ᎾᏍᎩᎾ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ.
The camps will help young girls enhance their softball skills, he said.
ᎯᎠ camp ᏙᏛᏍᏕᎸᎯ ᎨᎳ ᏗᎾᏛᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᎨᏳᏣ ᎤᎪᏛ ᎤᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏙᏗᎢ, ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Hannah said his goal is for players to eventually get scouted by college coaches for the opportunities to play college softball.
Hannah ᎠᏗᏍᎬ ᏚᏭᎪᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎾᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᏧᏂᏃᏩᏛᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏘᏂᏙᎯ ᎬᏩᏂᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᎾᏑᏰᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ.
“In essence, a lot of this got started because my daughter wants to play softball…I can help other people too by helping her.
“ᎤᎪᏛᎯ ᎯᎠ, ᎤᏓᎴᏅᎲᎢ ᎾᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᏧᏁᎶᏗ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ….ᎡᎵᏊ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎦᎦᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏇᏥ ᏥᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬᎢ.
So that’s why I’m doing this,” he said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎯ ᎯᎠ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“My goal is to send these girls to play college ball, but they’ve got to be college ball material to do that.”
“ᎠᏆᎵᏐᏯᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏥᏌᏙᏯᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏂᎨᏳᏣ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ.”
He said Olympic silver medalist Monica Abbott signed the first million-dollar contract to play professional softball in 2016.
ᎠᏗᏍᎬ Olympic silver medalist Monica Abbott ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅ ᎾᎿ ᎢᎬᏱ million—dollar ᏚᎾᏓᏁᏤᎸ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏃᏪᎳᏅ ᏧᏁᎶᏗ ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ 2016 ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗᏒᎢ.
“Now you can become a millionaire playing a game just like the boys.
“ᏃᏊ ᎾᎿ ᎢᎵᏊ millionaire ᏱᎾᎵᏍᏓ ᏕᎭᏁᎶᎲᏍᎬ ᎤᏠᏯ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ.
That’s my motivation right there because I have a daughter…and she needs the same opportunity that the boys…have.”
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏓᏊᎪᏔᏅ ᎾᏍᏳ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏇᏣ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ…… ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏠᏯ ᎤᏜᏅᏓᏛ ᎾᏃ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ…. ᎤᏂᎲᎢ.”
“Anything to help them move forward because it’s a student-athlete, that’s what I’m focusing on.”
“ᎢᏳᏍᏓᏊ ᎦᎦᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎤᎾᏂᎩᏍᏗ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎠᎾᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎩᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎦᎦᏎᏍᏗᎬᎢ.”
The Nike Softball camp will be June 5-8 at the CN Sports Complex for ages 8-18.
ᎾᏍᎩ Nike ᏍᏆᏞᏍᏗ camp ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ June 5---8 ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎾᎿ CN Sports Complex ᎾᎿ ᎢᏧᎾᏕᏘᏴᏓ 8—18.
The cost is $235 per camper for four days.
ᏚᏂᎬᏩᎶᏛ $235. ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎾᎿ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏙᏓᏩᏗ.
Registration can be found at Click here to view ussportscamps.com.
ᎪᏪᎶᏗ ᎡᎵᏊ ᎠᏩᏛᏗ ussportscamps.com.
The Jennie Finch camp will be Oct. 21-22 at the CN Sports Complex for third grade students and up.
ᎾᏍᎩ Jennie Finch ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ ᏚᏂᏃᏗ 21—22 ᎾᎿ CN Sport Complex ᎾᎿ ᏦᎢᏁ ᏗᏂᏂᏙᎯ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏟ ᏗᏂᏂᏙᎯ.
The cost is $205 per camper for two days.
ᏚᏂᎬᏩᎶᏛ ᎾᎿ 205. ᎠᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎾᎿ ᏔᎵ ᏧᏙᏓᏆᏗ.
Registration can be found at jenniefinch.com .
ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ ᎡᎵᏊ ᎠᏩᏛᏗ jenniefinch.com.
For more information about NOKSA
ᎤᎪᏛ ᎠᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᏲᏚᎵ ᎾᎿ NOKSA
Jackson waiting for lung, heart transplants
Jackson waiting for lung, heart transplants
Dot, Robert’s wife, said when notified a jet would pick them up at the Claremore Regional Airport.
Dot, Robert’s ᎤᏓᎵᎢ, ᎠᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏯᏄᎵ ᏥᏳ ᏫᏛᏣᏂ ᏂᏓᏳᏂᎩᏓ ᎦᎴᎼ ᏥᏳ ᏧᏂᏗᏍᏗ.
“Average wait once you get to this point continues to be about six months on heart-lung.
“ᎡᎵᏃ ᎠᎦᏘᏛ ᏳᎦᎷᏥ Ꮟ ᏂᎦᏯ ᏑᏓᎵ ᎢᏅᏓ ᎥᎦᏘᏴ ᎾᎿ ᎤᎾᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎧᏬᎳᎶᏍᏙᏗ.
So it could be the next day until we get to that point or we could be sitting here next fall,” she said.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏳᎦᎷᏥ ᎥᎦᏌᏘᏴ ᎪᎯᏓ ᏅᏫᏍᏙᎢ ᏏᏃ ᎠᏉᏝᏍᏗ ᎠᎭᏂ ᎤᎳᎪᎲᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“You don’t know because there’s a lot to the match.
“Ꮭ ᏲᏅᏙ ᎤᎪᏛᏃ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᏧᏠᏯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ.
It’s not a simple process at all.
ᏝᏃ ᎠᎯᏓᏊ ᏱᎩ.
Cleveland (Clinic official) feels that Robert’s just a very good candidate because his kidneys are good, his liver’s good.”
Cleveland (ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎵᏱᏗ ᏗᏄᎪᏔᏂᏙ) ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ Robert ᎡᎵᏊ ᏗᎬᏩᏩᏛᏗ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᏧᏓᎵ ᏦᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏪᎳᎢ.”
The reason for the transplants, Robert said, is because he was born with a congenital heart defect that eventually caused him to not only need a new heart but also new lungs.
ᏂᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᎿ ᏧᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᏗᏍᎬ Robert, ᏄᏍᏙ ᎤᏕᏅ ᎾᎿ ᎤᏓᏅᏛ ᎤᏓᏂᎵ ᎨᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎾᏫ ᎤᏂᎬᎨ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏬᎳᏕᏍᏙᏗ.
He said doctors told his parents he wouldn’t live to be 6 years old, but at 42 he’s beaten the odds.
ᎠᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏂᎦᎾᎦᏘ ᏚᏂᏃᎯᏎᎴ ᏧᎦᏴᎵᎨ Ꮭ ᏑᏓᎵ ᏱᎾᏚᏕᏘᏴᎯ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ ᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᏃᏊ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏩᎪᏗ ᏚᎩᏯ.
“They told me I wouldn’t live until I was 6 years old, told my mom and dad that.
“ᎬᎩᏃᎯᏎᎸ Ꮭ ᏑᏓᎵ ᏱᏂᏓᏣᏕᏘᏴᎯ, ᎡᏥ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᏊ ᎤᏠᏯ ᏂᏚᏂᏪᏎᎴ.
Then it was 12, then 18.
ᏃᎴ ᏔᎳᏚ, ᎠᎴ ᏁᎳᏚ.
Said that I’d never graduate.
ᏃᎴᏍᏊ Ꮭ ᏱᏗᎬᏍᏆᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎢ.
Well, I’m sitting here right now 42 years old, and I have graduated,” he said.
ᎠᏎᏅ ᎠᎭᏂ ᎠᏉᎳ ᏃᏊ ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ ᏯᏆᏕᏘᏴᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᎩᏍᏆᏓ ᏕᎦᏕᎶᏆᏍᎬ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.