? [guitar playing softly] ?
- Wade: ? Nicianosaeh Whapi-Mahwaewsaeh (My child, Little White Wolf) ?
I chose a song for this project called, "Sawaenemiyah."
'Sawaenemiyah' means "we are blessed"
and, it's a Menominee word.
And the song is all in the Menominee language.
And it's about being aware of the blessings.
As a, as a Menominee person,
we went through a lot with the boarding schools,
we went through a lot with oppression and racism
and being removed from a lot of our traditional homelands
and put on a reservation,
but we survived
and a big part of that survival is,
is being aware of what's beautiful around us,
being aware of what we still have.
? [playing guitar] ?
? Nicianosaeh Whapi-Mahwaewsaeh, (My child, Little White Wolf) ?
? Maecewatok somekoh (Creator smiles on you) ?
? Nicianosaeh (My child) ?
? Waqsepaekecewin (Clear Pure Sparkling Water) ?
? Penesew mesek wahkamiw (Pure and clear water) ?
? Kemewenukiw (Rain Woman) ?
? Pon kekatow kipackiyaenemem (We should never have to wonder) ?
? Kespentaeh Sawaenemiyah (If we are blessed) ?
? Nicianosaeh Awaesaeh Oskas, (My child, Bear Claw) ?
? Maecewatok kemenen kaekoh (Creator gave a gift) ?
? Nicianosaeh Awaesaeh Nepowaew (My child, Standing Bear) ?
? Kaec menikew (This beauty grows & grows) ?
? Kemewenukiw (Rain Woman) ?
? Pon kekatow kipackiyaenemem (We should never have to wonder) ?
? Kespentaeh Sawaenemiyah (If we are blessed) ?
? Naqsniw anahkok waqnenam menipaniw (May the stars light your way) ?
? Mesek Noweqnan kewehnaw (And the wind cry your name) ?
? Naqsnew kesoq kenatamowim kewaeqsaehkosem (May the moon make you shine) ?
? Anah Keskehsekoh waqsahkonawaew (And the stars twinkle in your eyes) ?
? Wahkamiw Pamenan, Nisaehcoq piw mesek mahchi (As clear waters flow and tears come and go) ?
? Pameq niyah, enahkah enes (We fly our own ways) ?
? Kemenen eyom, kakenaha wapehtum, (Take these seeds and sow; let them nourish your souls) ?
? Mesek kitahpahonen (And plant them everywhere you go) ?
? Kemewenukiw (Rain Woman) ?
? Pon kekatow kipackiyaenemem, (We should never have to wonder) ?
? Kespentaeh Sawaenemiyah (If we are blessed) ?
? [humming] ?
? Sawaenemiyah (We are blessed)?
? Sawaenemiyah (We are blessed) ?
Mesek (and)
? Nepewennukiw (Lady of the Water) ?
? [humming] ?
? [hums final note] ?
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