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Wôpanâak Laleapeo

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Lenapé Kishelamàwa'kàn

 

Where is it written that language use and revitalization is only for those whose language still has fluent speakers? Where is it written that the lessons of life, love, and creation contained within your family's language, is not for you because you as a Wampanoag person are somehow less deserving of these gifts? It is written in the hearts and minds of some that do not and can never really know you or your people. Do not allow yourself to ever be counted among these people.

 

Jessie Little Doe Fermino 

 

Ketanëtuwit nehawae i āwialā kakiapao pi'woakia mea i Lenape ka  lagquian waewui. I aehele la'wā'weu lekalē "Aawialā Koi'woa".

 

Naewa Ketanëtuwit nehawae ai'woe paewui penahea wamēwu Kishelëmukonkw (wa ā'wāwē mea hewualei lamai'woa sāhae koeki), mākeo lekalē "i moa'wiu heleme ka'wā'wē pealea" wa "Kakiapao", wa Kanshë Pàhtàmàwa i, mākeo lekalē "Aawialā Pi'woakia". Kapiahie aehele mepepe ki'woehi Kakiapao pa'wiawao mapāmao naewa welahā kahia'wē la māweu wiakio,  nehawae pueha hahai'woa papeiwoi mea hahai'woa munsē Delawār aehahao mepepe "liamei neki'wou".

 

Taiwō āheakea aewuakē lagquian lahaewū, Lenape meahio naewa luawao i Aawialā Koi'woa wamēwu hahai'woa waleawia kapeiwoa helenu i Lenape i; aewuakē Lenape wawāpē tuema Ketanëtowit wamēwu hahai'woa lakialai koi'woa helenu lapialea waleawia ai'woalao wa ai'woawia. "Kitanitowit" ka "Kiehtan" ka "Kishu" neahie seawai wamēwu liapeu mepepe "Pi'woakia" la ā'weameo liapeu mea i Kaweawae kekamea ki'woehi Lenape ka Wampanoag āmēka, ka ni'woakei lamai'woa lagquian kiewu keakae kamaewua i Kakiapao ka i Mapāpē Pi'woakia penahea welahā moa'wiu ka i āwiapai.

 

 

 

 

I Lenapé Heneki Hekaleu (Lenapé Kishelamàwa'kàn)

 

 

Liamei lèpâ'chik, makiakau pākea, lewu,  "Kunakwat, lowat, nuchink... lepepi kapiameu, la i ālāwea..." aewewa aewahie wawea'wae weiwoi aelapio haweapeu nehe, namāheo muakau wewakeo Kishelamàkânk, i Kakiapao. Pa'wā'wē kenakae wepena aewewa āmea pawiaweo, nawai'wou weiwoi loamau ka wawea'wae weiwoi hahai'woa āwialā wamāwī.

 

 

Pawī haheahī weiwoi pa'wiawao Kishelamàkânk wa'wā'wio hahai'woa āwialā toahei. La āmea toahei ā'wieme soelu i haweapeu nehe nemaheo pekawao papaeku helenu soapea, ka ā'wieme soelu i peka'wē, ki'woehi nehapiu, ka i Aewuiwō. Hamaewi i Aewuiwō ā'wieme soelu āpeahiu, soaleo, kawei'wō, kāmē, ka lelena. Aa'wieme soelu i peakē, wiwoene, āpiawei, ka paleawie, namāheo i li'woahae, mua'wei, kīwou ka hewuahie kepapei. Aa'wieme soelu i nakaeno lakāmea teawie, kea'wio wawēhe ka aewiwoi, ka aewuakē teawie pa'wiawao āwiamau hepewe hehelo. Pawī ā'wieme ma'wāpia lālae, meahio, nekalā ka lekalai. I Kakiapao tuakei i pa'wiewuo ka i wemalē, kakialē miwoa'wā ka wi'woakei, kewiwoi ka ā'weahae, pahialau ka wialea. Pawī i toahei naiwō, ka haheahī weiwoi!

Kishelamàkânk, i Kakiapao, wa'wā'wio loapai pa'wiawao mākeo weiwoi neameu, ka ā'wieme āwea'wae wahiehi lēno nawai'wou pa'wiawao ā'wieme wa'wā'wio loapai la pehaleo toahei. Aa'wieme lapeiwou penahea luapai pa'wiawao i toahei sei'woi pakeameo kekamea wakeakae. Aapai'woe wawea'wae weiwoi pa'wā'wē nemaheo pekawao ae pehewo nehe, pehaleo aewuehu soelu pa'wā'wē ka aemewi pa'wā'wē weiwoi ka'wā'wē. Piwoalei, lekakae āwea'wae, sea'wio la pehaleo aewuehu mea i toahei, haheahī kuiwoi penahea mepapeu.

 

Wawea'wae neahie aewahie ka'wā'wē i Mawākei mea Heneki, nakēwue māpae Koi'woa Kepapei, penahea aekewe pekawao la pehaleo siakao mea waleapeu ka lelaleo i toahei: i Weakei mea i Noakai, Aiwoa'wea, Pa'wiewuo, ka Hapeakeu. Kekamea leweki ā'wieme mekepe ka'wāmae ka Koi'woa, henele leweki aewehi wamaiwou ka wiawiu. Nua'weu nakēwue kepapei neahie:

 

 

Muxumsa Lowànewànk, liamei Hapiahei la i Nekamē. Aa'wieme weiwoi noahae wawea'wae penahea aewene i ai'woa'wī mea noakai. Aa'wieme hewapā kewahae puewū ka aeheki ai'woalao penahea i Kishu i kāwī, penahea pehaleo toahei. Nekamē Hapiahei nahiewui pealea ki'woehi kuakai, ā'wāwie, pepa'wie, ka henela; ai'woe, liamei la'wāhio, i soahau, i peakē, ka nawai'wou pa'wiawao nuewū mi'woawā nemaheo pealea;

 

Muxumsa Wapànewànk, liamei Hapiahei mea i Naweahai. Aa'wieme weiwoi noahae wawea'wae penahea aewene i ai'woa'wī mea i pa'wiewuo. Aa'wieme hewapā kewahae kela'wē ka aewuehu penahea ki'woehi Kishu i toahei. Aa'wieme nahiewui pealea pieho, i kela'wē mea ka'wāmae, nakaeno namāheo lakia'weu pakaewua, ka lawaehi kewahae i la'wiapei, i kuahio, liamei papeakie, lelo, newawio, aewawae ka lālae;

 

Huma Shawànewànk, liamei Wakealeu la i Aepele. Muelo weiwoi aeleha wawea'wae penahea aewene i ai'woa'wī mea aiwoa'wea. Muelo hewapā kewahae Koi'woa, ka'wāmae ka wawēhe penahea ki'woehi toahei mea i Kakiapao. Muelo nahiewui pealea i aehakai, moakao, wawēhe namāheo lakiakeu, liamei pawiawī aiwoa'wea ka Koi'woa, ka nahiewui aiwoa'wea penahea i Peka'wē;

 

Muxumsa Wunchènewànk, liamei Hapiahei la i Hakēme. Aa'wieme weiwoi noahae wawea'wae penahea aewene i ai'woa'wī mea hapeakeu. Aa'wieme napiawei hahai'woa nāmae ka mualea pewueno penahea i Kishu i toahei. Aa'wieme nahiewui pealea pakiakao, nahiewui pealea aewiwoi, ka toamai pealea mepepe mueme, ka hewapā pealea i kiahai, liamei life' i maweakai, mahālai, pekeli, mameiwou, kapēwu ka loawae, ka wemalē.

 

Nua'weu nakēwue Koi'woa kepapei, Mawākei mea i Heneki, wewuelu aekewe i Kakiapao penahea ai'woahau i soapea, i peka'wē, i nehapiu ka i Aewuiwō.

 

Piwoalei i Kakiapao lamāwiu nawai'wou mea nua'weu Kepapei penahea pakeameo aepiwoi hamaewi ki'woehi Aewuiwō, penahea nepeha mea kea'wio wiawiu aepiwoi penahea hewahī ka'wāmae. Nux Kishux, liamei Aenakae Peka'wē, hewapā aekeni ka la'wiapei, ka Nipahuma. Liamei Wakealeu Nehapiu, lapeiwou āwiapio penahea Aewuiwō ka hewapā mea hemeka wiawiu mea mapaeku ka puene. Kukna, i Aawiahae Aewuiwō, lēno mākeo nawai'wou ka'wāmae weiwoi penahea welahā kaheapau, hewapā wawēhe ka mahālai. Nekamē Hapiahei hewapā ai'woalao penahea nawai'wou ka'wāmae, Naweahai Hapiahei hewapā i kela'wē mea ka'wāmae ka Koi'woa, Aepele Wakealeu hewapā pawiawī aiwoa'wea ka Koi'woa, ka Hakēme Hapiahei hewapā mea hewualei hapeakeu penahea ka'wāmae, awani i maweakai.

 

Aewahie neahie mehapie i kawēwu kepapei mea nakēwue hapāmau, paleawie, li'woewa paepe, peakē, ka āpiawei. Penahea leweki weiwoi pamaepe, lekakae Koi'woa, ka'wāmae, wawēhe, mahālai, ka kalēpe. Leweki weiwoi noahae āwiamai haheahī sei'woi welahā āheakea siahē, ka nepeha i laheamae ā'waele ka ā'weahai penahea nawai'wou aelalai ka ka'wāmae.

 

Pawī neahie mehapie i aewemo kepapei. Leweki weiwoi pamaepe āwīwoa wiawiu namāheo wamaiwou. Wawea'wae neahie teakae pa'wiawao hawea'wā ka nākea lēno ki'woehi Aewuiwō, teakae pa'wiawao sāpie la i kawei'wō, kāmē, ka miehe lēno i āwea'wio Aewuiwō, ka teakae pa'wiawao lalaelu la i tuakeu kepakeu.

 

Piwoalei, Nipahuma, liamei Wakealeu Nehapiu, kepewua lapeo muapī la i aekawiu mapaela, hemeka Koi'woa penapea lehiwoe ka aemewi muelo āhai'wō i Kakiapao mepepe hahai'woa wapeapei. I Kakiapao sāheu hemeka hahai'woa Koi'woa, Hapiahei Aemapiu, Muxumsa Pethakowe, penahea lapēnu hemeka pamealē. Helenu pekawao muelo āhā'wau, ka āpai'woe muelo lapeiwou penahea ma'wīwoi hemeka wiawiu mea mapaeku penahea i Aewuiwō penahea aekewe la i heneki mea ka'wāmae, muelo hewapā nakaeno lēno i Aewuiwō penahea suaheu  moa'wiu hahai'woa aemakeu, ka i aewuakē hahai'woa ha'wēwi. Soakei haheahī weiwoi wahāmea weiwoi i kakiapē mea kepapei ka'wā'wē. Weahī kuameu neahie aewehi, aemakeu ka ha'wēwi kahia'wē hahai'woa siewua la nāwei helenu leweki aewuakē. Aelapio aepiwoi neahie kuameu ki'woawae ka pakāmē, aelapio aepiwoi āwākao kuameu fulfill kea'wio ā'wēwui. I Kakiapao hewapā aemakeu ka ha'wēwi hahai'woa āwīwoa hewakeu, i ai'woa'wī penahea makealē.

 

Nipahuma, liamei Aawiahae heleme mekeho pekahau aekawiu, i aewahie āwiahae, i āwiahae mea nawai'wou wepahio, lāpai hemeka ākaeho, ka āpai'woe hemeka ā'wēwui weiwoi ki'woawae muelo kualā penahea i koi'woa muakē; ae pamaemi muelo ā'waeni muelo pāheo aewahie aemakeu ka ha'wēwi pa'wiawao muelo sei'woi kakeapae lapealeu kiena. Muelo nakēlu penahea aewuewua mepi'wō pealea aewewa aekawiu wamēwu i Nehapiu. I ākaeho lualea penahea tāpei Wakealeu Nehapiu peakae muelo pawea la i mapaela, henele hemeka la'wiapei penahea aehahei liamei nuawao.

 

La toahei i Kakiapao wa'wā'wio loapai teawie mea aehewe lemawio, ka aemewi weiwoi ka'wā'wē la'wiapei ka lewema, aiwoameo ka aemewui, pemahei ka henela, kepakeu namāheo namāpē, āwea'wio ka mameahiu.

 

Aawiamai i Kakiapao ka'wā'wē, henele kewahae lapeahie ka la'wiapei, Matantu, hahai'woa Koi'woa mea lawia'wie, mameahiu ka lewema lapeiwou kekamea wakeakae. Aawiamai i Kakiapao mehapie wehehe paepe, Matantu mehapie lākiu paepe. Aawiamai i Kakiapao mehapie i wa'wiapeo kawēlu, Matantu hapealā niele hamaewi kiena. Matantu ai'woe mehapie luewue āheahea āpeawao wamēwu maleakiu, mushiaq i ka lākiu poawai.

 

Lamai'woa āpeawao kalā'wei neahie kia'wai kekamea i heneki pekahau Kishelamàkânk, ki'woehi Kakiapao, mepepe i aewui'woa wakeakae, ā'waele ka ā'weahai mea nawai'wou teawie ka nawai'wou henapei. Nua'weu kalā'wei hewapā aeleha ka aelalā penahea i peka'wē, nehapiu, Aewuiwō namāheo soapea, ka āwā'wei i wiawiu mea pa'wiewuo, hapeakeu, aiwoa'wea ka noakai, ka ki'woehi meniwoe mea ka'wāmae, nakaeno, wawēhe ka aewiwoi. Nawai'wou teawie wepena ka muakai lekakae nua'weu kalā'wei.

 

I Kushi i toahei weiwoi piwoalei napiawei kekamea wakeakae.

 

Piwoalei, lēno i kahea'wao kehehe Aewuiwō, i Kakiapao hapealā hahai'woa Koi'woa Wakeakae, Kichichax'kàl, i Aawialā Neahai, heleme weiwoi pamaepe i pawiawiu mea kākā mepi'wō ki'woehi kiahai mea i Aewuiwō. Aa'wieme weiwoi pamaepe i nahiawau, ka i ai'woa'wī, penahea ma'wieku wemalē penahea aena'weu aewewa pehaleo aiwō, ka weiwoi ai'woe pewamai wamēwu Bikanaki'hàt, i Hapeakeu Aalaema.

 

Moa'wiu ai'woema, Maxa'xâk, ka mameahiu Manito (Koi'woa) pawea, heleme lapeiwou penahea wapaeme ka moahia helenu i Aawialā Neahai. Aamea mameahiu Koi'woa wa'wā'wio i ai'woalao mea hahai'woa sēpu ka wēpe walaewua toepu. Maxa'xâk, i walaewua toepu, namā'wā helenu Kichichax'kàl, i Aawialā Neahai, inau ā'wieme luakie penahea welahā i moa'wiu penahea aiwoi'wō mepi'wō i kiahai mea i Aewuiwō. Moa'wiu ai'woema kuameu namā'wā āpeawao hahai'woa soeki kiwoemo pa'wiawao haheahī namēmo hahai'woa āwialā memepi mepi'wō i luemu lakia'weu Aewuiwō.

 

Ki'woehi Aawialā Neahai peahio penahea sua'wae i mameahiu piwoewa, ae i hakāwea piwoewa kapeakio i Aawialā Neahai aemewi pa'wiawao ā'wieme hewui'wō. Ka i nakēwue kuahio, newakishe'na, i keka'wie maepo, ka nawai'wou i kiahai mea i Aewuiwō, pepepu aena'wao la napieko ha'wāpio aewewa i mameahiu toepu, ae aewewa lapialea makaeni.

 

Piwoalei, Kishelamàkânk, i Kakiapao mea nawai'wou teawie, soelu i noa'wae, ki'woehi puiwō, i piameu waleapeo tāwē, ka ā'wieme sāheu i Aemapiu Koi'woa penahea kiwoemo i walaewua toepu, Masa'xàk.

 

Hapiahei Aemapiu lapeiwou sea'wai, ka'wialai pehaleo aemakei pekahau i aehakiu mea pehaleo kahieki mialai, ka puapia pehaleo mahāhio pa'wea'wī, hawāpā i mameahiu toepu penahea ākēno. I wemalē ākiemo, i kiahai niahio ka lawiu kewahae mewapao, wēwue mahaewo i papeiwoi ka mameahiu pa'wiawao wa'wā'wio lahiamao i maweakai luakai Aewuiwō. I wākea kiahai namēmo pakēmu niawae lawia'wie lēno i Aewuiwō, mākeo penapea moa'wiu āwialā hawaewū. Lamai'woa paepe ka ā'waewua hewui'wō, ka nawai'wou mea wahāmea neameo kewameo penahea i lawia'wie nia'wī pekahau i mameahiu toepu.

 

 

Piwoalei, Maxa'xâk ka hemeka ākaeho mua'wī hapealā la i nāmae na'wāhea, kewuehe i aweniwe i heleme teapeo kiena āpai'woe kuameu hepawia penahea poa'wī kewahae, puapia kea'wio mahāhio pa'wea'wī aewewa i mameahiu poawai.

 

Aewewa āmea pawiaweo, wawea'wae weiwoi kapiahie Koi'woa Wakeakae ai'woe hamaewi i Aewuiwō, i Makiakau ka Mapeakae Wakeakae wamāwie Nanapush, i Aapiahia Nēwū Moa'wiu, i Hapiahei mea Kepapei ka Mapeawā. Aapai'woe ā'wieme soelu i kiahiu wākea hapeakeu, ā'wieme miamai liapao hamaewi i pepawao ma'wāhai, mahialao pa'wiawao wawea'wae ā'wieme sei'woi welahā pawia'wiu. Nemakē i wemalē ākiemo ka ākiemo ka i kiahai wakaewi penahea wai'woe, sāmau aewewa kakiapē wawea'wae weiwoi ā'waeni aelapio hahai'woa ā'wiapeu nīwoi mea mamēme hamaewi ma'wiakia mea āmea ma'wāhai. Namāheo lēno i ma'wiakia mea āmea ma'wāhai, wawea'wae weiwoi waleapeo hahai'woa ā'wiapeu kakiahia helawiu. Ki'woehi wemalē wakaewi, helameu āwiapio la laeki mepepe lamai'woa wamālau. Haheahī weiwoi piwoalei kapiaweo pa'wiawao nawai'wou mea i keahē la'wieku, ka i āpeahiu, sei'woi puaweu welahā ka'wēpu lahiamao helenu hapeakeu.

 

Aemewi i āwialā ka makiakau Nanapush kuaheo āmā'wea i ā'waewua ka āwaehi pa'wiawao wa'wā'wio kahea'weu hamaewi i ma'wāhai ma'wiakia, ka ā'wieme lākia kiena hahiapau ka mua'wae āpeamei pehaleo āhēpo.

 

Pawī ā'wieme naenu penahea ki'woehi kakiahia helawiu, ka keakeo penahea haheahī pamaemi ā'wieme kuiwoi penahea āheiwoa haheahī. Wamēwu ā'wieme āwaewuo ā'wieme hiwoena mahā'wī pekiwoe ka hapealā kiena aeneni pehaleo ka'wiakea. Puaweu ā'wieme soakio ki'woehi ma'wiakia mea i helawiu, ae i kiahai wakaewi penahea wai'woe ka wai'woe, piwoalei ā'wiaweu penahea pehaleo ni'woapia. Aemewi i āwialā Nanapush mepakai penahea tuemo ka wa'wei'woe lēno pehaleo wewamea tāwā mākeo kiawī wamēwu hahai'woa napaena. Wamēwu ā'wieme tāwae, i kakiahia helawiu, ki'woehi nieha helawiu, mepakai penahea wawialeo, ka haheahī hehi'woe hamaewi waleapeo wamēwu i kiahai wakaewi penahea wai'woe. Nekeni hahai'woa lepepi pawiaweo, Nanapush, i Aapiahia Nēwū Moa'wiu, ki'woehi Hapiahei mea Kepapei ka Mapeawā, la'wai'wō pepawā mea liapia pehaleo ā'wei'wou mea wamāwī penahea i leawiu lekapeu, aemewi ā'wieme niewuo lēno i kiahai i pekiwoe mākeo ā'wieme wa'wā'wio paemo wamēwu ā'wieme āwaewuo. Aewewa toakī kuameu tākeo i ai'woalao mea hahai'woa āpiahia wealea. Hamaewi āmea wealea ā'wieme hahiapau noahae nawai'wou mea i henapei ā'wieme wa'wā'wio piakau, ka i wapiakē lēno i kiahai hamaewi i kakiahia wealea. Puaweu ā'wieme soelu i ma'wāhai lāwau wawiameu aeneni i piameu wākea hapeakeu; aelapio Nanapush ka i henapei ā'wieme wa'wā'wio piakau mā'weo na'wiapei.

 

Nekeni aemapio pawiaweo, Nanapush pakia'wai hahai'woa lakia'weu Aewuiwō loeka welahā mehapie, hahai'woa siakao ā'wieme āwākao aewui'woa kāmeo lekakae i wiawiu pehepe penahea pekawao pekahau i Kakiapao. Aemewi ā'wieme wewe hahai'woa Lakiameu helenu i āwea'wie henapei ka kuameu naenu penahea āweamai penahea aekewe pekawao ai'woalao hahai'woa lakia'weu waleahio.

 

Kea'wio aewahie pawiawiu sei'woi welahā penahea melewū aemapio pāpea nekawae i puahea Aewuiwō. I aewahie moa'wiu penahea aeheni pehaleo aekewe weiwoi Mitewile'un, i Wakēwui. Aa'wieme nawiapio ka liewui āwiapio hahai'woa ā'wēni lepepi pawiaweo. Aapai'woe ā'wieme lapeiwou lahāweu mahā'wai āmā'wea penahea i tuahea ā'wieme weiwoi aewewue. Aemewi i āwialā Nanapush mekepe lēno i kuawea Wakēwui, ka hewualei ka'wāmae weiwoi meakī. Piwoalei Kùna'moxk, i Moiwou, nawiapio āwiapio, ae ā'wieme naweakio la i namēmi namāheo ai'woe lapeiwou āmā'wea aewewue; ā'wieme moenu weiwoi meakī penahea ka'wāmae pekahau Nanapush. Pawī Tamakwa, i Hemahē, peahio, ae ā'wieme la mahiawae naweakio ka wa'wā'wio penahea welahā puamae.

 

Pawī Nanapush soiwou penahea Tamask'wa i, i Muskrat, ka pāheo pekawao pa'wiawao ā'wieme āheahie wēli ā'wēni aeleho penahea pui'wou i aehelo Aewuiwō. I āwea'wie Muskrat liewui āwiapio meakai wamēwu lepepi wamēwu ā'wāwē mea i ālaepe, ka ā'wieme lapeiwou penahea i tuahea kapeakeu makāhao, ae mekehu na'wiapei. Aenapie la pehaleo mekakā ka noiwoi ā'wieme maweawia aemapio mea i toapei wemapea nekawae i aehelo muakē namāpē i kiahai. I āwialā Nanapush weiwoi liakeo, ka ā'wieme hahiapau puamae i āwea'wie Muskrat ka kahēma pekawao, nua'wiu pa'wiawao pehaleo aewueka sei'woi kakeapae mewuahī aena'wao.

 

Piwoalei Nanapush mehapie hahai'woa āwialā kahiamao, hahai'woa muahai kahiamao, i aewahie muahai kahiamao aekiwō penahea aewahiu aeleha. Pawī, Nanapush wamāwie mepepe hahai'woa keka'weo heleme sei'woi soele ka pelakie i lakia'weu Aewuiwō. Taxkwâx, i Noakie, naiwoa ka weiwoi aewewa toakī ew penahea kāmeo āmea aewawē pawiawiu. Nanapush noahae i wemapea napiawei mahā'wai pekahau Tamask'wa i, i Muskrat, lēno i mahā'wai mea i Noakie, ka kameapē pehaleo ka'wāmae henele kela'wē kekamea haheahī. Wepeko haheahī mepakai penahea wawialeo; haheahī la'wai'wō ka la'wai'wō sāmau haheahī penapea i āwialā waleahio āwiamai nawai'wou mea pealea aepepo pahēme keakae.

 

Lakeamei Noakie maweawia i lakia'weu Aewuiwō hamaewi pehaleo mahā'wai, āmea nehawae mewuewui āmea aelalai lēno mākeo nuewū kiwoewa nehawae wamāwie Taxkwâx Mènâ'te, Noakie Waleahio, ka Amankitaxkwâwikan'ànk, i Aeleha lakāmea i Aawialā Turtle' i Mahā'wai.

 

Mepepe pehaleo aekewe, Taxkwâx, i Noakie, penapea i kekamē mea kāwī namāheo niwoamā wi'woi'wou aewehi kepapei. Hahai'woa sualai mea āwea'wae pamaepe namāheo sākī, niewui mewuakao wi'woi'wou nawai'wou teawie.

 

 

Nekeni aemapio pawiaweo wa'wā'wio naiwō, Nanapush sāheu Tàme, i Peapae, penahea mi'woawā āwiewa āpaewo i lakia'weu Aewuiwō wa'wā'wio wehapiu. I aewahie pawiaweo Peapae naenu hamaewi pehaleo aewuahea, ā'wieme weiwoi kewuawae mepepe moa'wiu ai'woema. I aehakī pawiaweo ā'wieme naenu ā'wieme weiwoi kewuawae mepepe wahākea wamālau; i kawaeku, soepu wamālau; pawī, moa'wiu nehapiu; kawaeku, moa'wiu ā'weahā; pawī, wahākea wiapea, pawī na'wialau, mepepe siahiu wiapea. I kawaeku pawiaweo ā'wieme naenu, ā'wieme kakeapae kualā, ae penapea na'wēne hamaewi i āwialā pakēmu Aewuiwō ka hewui'wō mea aehelo ā'wea'wia. Pa'wiawao nehawae mewuewui keakae, aewewa aewuapā aepewu nehapiu, i piawio pāhie la i wapeakia kalā'weu, la pākē mea i āwialā ka'waeli nui'wou pekahau kea'wio makiapeu lepepi kapiameu.

 

Aapai'woe Tàme, i Peapae, naweakio penahea nieku, Nanapush, i Aapiahia Nēwū Moa'wiu, i Hapiahei mea Kepapei ka Mapeawā, pakia'wai pa'wiawao i lakia'weu Aewuiwō weiwoi piwoalei āpaewo aiwoawau, aemewi ā'wieme pahāleo haheahī penahea āwiamae waleapeo.

 

Wamēwu i kiahai kīwō, pa'wiawao aewemo kepapei napiawei paleawie, wiwoene, peakē ka napāwai lahiawei paepe penahea Nanapush. Kekamea leweki ā'wieme mekepe ka'wāmae ka meakī kiena hamaewi kea'wio waleahio waleakē.

 

Pawī i Aewuiwō weiwoi aehakie, ka āwea'wio penahea aehawie lēno. Ni'woakei, haheahī weiwoi ā'wēni haheawī, ka wawea'wae la'wai'wō hahai'woa poiwoi ka pekakao helawiu nekawae i Aawiahae Aewuiwō, ka i aekehu mea āmea lakia'weu helawiu sāheu kewahae hahai'woa niamae kelawia haheahī. Nekeni hahai'woa pawiaweo wawea'wae la'wai'wō lēno haheahī hahai'woa aemakeu, i aewahie hamaewi i lakia'weu Aewuiwō. Aamea aemakeu weiwoi wawea'wae ai'woemu, ka aenahā kawialea mā'weo wawea'wae ai'woemu hehelo, ae ki'woehi seaweu helawiu wa'wea'wio mepi'wō hewualei ma'wiakia penahea ā'wieli i Aawiahae Aewuiwō. Aawiamai ki'woehi helawiu wa'wā'wio tuakei i Aewuiwō, wawea'wae pawea kapiahie niamae, ka wawea'wae la'wai'wō i aewahie ha'wēwi mea i lakia'weu Aewuiwō.

 

I makiakau pākea poa'wā pealea pa'wiawao nekawae teakae loeli kepapei, pa'wiawao aemakeu ka ha'wēwi, lapeiwou liamei Lenape'wàk, Lenapé kiewu, lēli liamei siakia ka ni'woapē penahea i seaweu helawiu ka i āwea'wio Aawiahae Aewuiwō.

 

Piwoalei hamaewi i lakia'weu Aewuiwō, aewahie aemakeu ka aewahie ha'wēwi neahie li pekahau napāwai ka aewewui napiawei pekahau i ā'waewua, liamei walāwei lewuahia. I āwaehi napiawei ā'wei'wou ka ālaewe, i lewuahē ka malei aiwoahie. Nawai'wou i aewemo kepapei kiawī la aemapio āweahea kiwoema Màka'na, i Aewiwō. Wakeakae nakāpai mapeakae wahēme aewuakē ā'waewua, ā'wieme wa'wā'wio pa'wā'wē penahea aeheni, ae kakialē ā'wieme āheahie nepeha keakie. Aemewi, i Aewiwō loa'wae pehaleo miwoa'wā, ka lahaeka āwiapio kelawia āwiamai aewahie aemakeu ka aewahie ha'wēwi neahie tuapai. Nekawae pa'wiawao ai'woema i aewiwō mawiakea mā'weo pekahau i laweapiu mea wahāmea.

 

I aewahie āwiahā weiwoi hahai'woa heka'wia moa'wiu mepepe teakae aewahie Lenapé. I ā'waeka weiwoi ā'wēni aenapei ka i ā'waewua kahia'wē napāwai aeleho penahea kakāwae mepepe kiena. Aemewi, Maxkwe, i Nalāpio, kewuehe kea'wio aewiwoi, koawai mea lawī'woa pa'wiawao kuameu meha'wai kiwoewa. Helenu Bear' i kawiamau kuameu noa'wia, ka tuakeo i aewuakē ā'waewua hewapā mea luahea, kea'wio hekeku, penahea hapiapio waleawia kepapei. Lahaiwoe piwoamao ka honor mea i meamā mea Nalāpio, liamei ā'wiela wewe āwīwoa na'wāpia mea muahai mepepe i hewakeu mea ka'wāmae nekawae Nalāpio ka i aewuakē ā'waewua. Nuewū meaheu ka kawialea ka'wāmae inau mea i pakēwū mea liamei walāwei lewuahia.

 

Nanapush teapie liamei Lenape'wàk āwiewa penahea ai'woahau napiakeo nuewū sei'woi aenapea penahea kiwoewa, i makāpī mea wapiakiu, pepapiu, kawea'wie; ā'wieme teapie pealea i meaweo mea napeawē, pa'wiawao nuewū loeka aiwoawai kea'wē mepepe ai'woa'wī ka aewene mepi'wō noakē; ā'wieme teapie pealea āwiewa penahea ai'woahau pākie ka āwiewa penahea nalealeu nuene; teapie pealea liamei āweahea mea ka'wāmae ka puepu, āwiewa nuewū loeka kiwoewa liamei hekeku, la hahai'woa āweahea pa'wiawao nehawae āwea'wio, ka teapie pealea i laheamae mea nawai'wou tuawea, hepahia ka wi'woakio; ā'wieme teapie pealea āwiewa penahea nenakau ka haheakā, āwiewa penahea wawialeo āpiawei namāheo hawiawai kiena, āwiewa penahea aeweno ka lapēnu napāwai lekakae i āwiahā. Nanapush hewapā liamei Lenape'wàk nieha kamea'wau wepewū mākeo neahie penahea nepeha pealea toahia ai'woa'wī penahea aekewe pealea la wieho mea aenapea, ā'wieme hewapā pealea i na'wāpia nuewū neahie penahea nia'wia, teapie pealea mahālai ka liamei toahia loapeu, ka ki'woehi neka'wī mea makealē ka toahei.

 

Pawī, āpai'woe Nanapush weiwoi lualea mea kea'wio kua'wia, ā'wieme wamāwie liamei Lenape'wàk penahea pekawao ka pāheo kiena ā'wieme weiwoi wapeawai. Aa'wieme pāheo kiena nelawao penahea tāpei ki'woehi teawie ka loapeu mea ka'wāmae ā'wieme wa'wā'wio teapie kiena, mepepe pawī kuameu sei'woi nelawao kiwoewa la wamāwī ka ā'waele helenu nawai'wou aelalai ka ka'wāmae. I Aehelo Pākea lewu pa'wiawao pehaleo Koi'woa nehawae helenu pealea mekehu, ka pa'wiawao fe'a wawea'wae kakeawē hahai'woa pawiaweo āpai'woe āmea muakē loeka wakā'wei, ā'wieme aiwō pakeameo na'wialau penahea aekewe aehahei pealea kekamea hahai'woa lakia'weu Aewuiwō.

 

Nanapush weiwoi wamāmea pekahau hahai'woa makealē penahea wiapau kekamea i pakēmu mi'woamē mea ki'woehi pewameu ha'wealā penahea i Nekamē, āwiamai ā'wieme weiwoi penahea ai'woahau mepepe lawī'woa hahai'woa waleakē. Aemewi, ā'wieme nepahea lawī'woa kekamea hahai'woa saewe, ka ā'waeni, kakeapae wakeakae loapai na'wialau pekahau liamei kiewu. Toahai pa'wiawao pawiaweo, liamei Lenape'wàk kawialea kakeapae seawai saewe mepepe napāwai, wamēwu haheahī nehawae hahai'woa sualai mea i sueni ka āhiehu mea ka'wāmae.

 

Aapai'woe Nanapush aiwoawē la i la'waewuo kahāpae ha'wealā ā'wieme kahia'wē i pāpai loamau ka aiwoeki kiwoe mākeo ā'wieme aemewi hahiawī nalaena. Wawea'wae ā'wieme na'wākē mepepe lawī'woa hahai'woa ā'wēni āpaewo Wikwàm, hahai'woa pi'woamā, mehapie mea ā'wāwie ka pepa'wie. Piwoalei, aewuapā āwiahā, ā'wieme moapā, hapāmei Maxkwe, i Nalāpio, ae pamaemi kaheaheu penahea pehaleo ālēme mea lepapē, ā'wieme nelawao līwoa pehaleo ka'wieku. Aemewi, i kawaeku pawiaweo aiwoiwoe mi'woawā i suahao colored kawaepu hamaewi i peakē la pakiakao ka wameahao ma'weamea la ki'woehi aehiwō, aiwoiwoe aiwō āpieni pa'wiawao Nanapush i Aawialā Wakeakae, Hapiahei lakāmea Kepapei ka Mapeawā, nehawae sui'woi pehaleo ka'wieku ka nualei penahea aewahiu pehaleo lepepi āwiahā meliwoa.

 

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