iʔ sqilxʷ taliʔ k̓ʷlk̓ʷlułəlx, yayaʕtəlx, tałt yayaʕtəlx k̓ʷlk̓ʷlułəlx, nix iʔ k̓l̓ scəcm̓a̓laʔ ł ck̓ʷlməlx mł xi..ah..iʔ "Government" x̌minks iʔ sccm̓a̓laʔ kskw̓smama̓yaʔxelx uł əcʷuyyəlx...(00:44)

 

ixi km̓łtiməlx iʔ...iʔ tl̓ ƛ̓x̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌a̓psəlx iʔ scəcm̓a̓laʔ, uł iʔ xuyyəlx uł iʔ kl snmama̓yaʔtn uł iliʔ tali q̓sápiʔ iliʔəlx...ah mat ah…*t̓aq́mkst x̌əx̌əyałnxʷ mat km mat ksxan iʔ siliʔsəlx mł əłcxʷuyyəlx uł mł cuntəməlx lut t̓ ksəcnqilxcnmp ti niʕayp əcn̓samaʔcnmp ła łyʕap m...mł əłkmn̓timəlx ixi əłxʷuystməlx iʔ k̓̓l̓ snmaʔma̓yaʔtn mł iʔ nixʷ iliʔ...(1:35)

 

əłiliʔəlx mł əł kʷl...k̓l k̓ʷnxspin̓tk mł ixi łə łxʷapelx iʔ tl' snmaʔma̓yaʔtn mł əł łkaʔkicntməlx mł tałt ƛ̓xʷəntiməlx, pulstməlx mł...mł...lakin lut  t̓a əłtcyapəlx tałt iʔ  sxʷʔits iʔ sccm̓a̓laʔ(2:05)

 

lut **t̓ə yʕapəlx iʔ k̓l̓ sniliʔtnsəlx, ixi yʕat əcq̓ay ʕapnaʔ, ixiʔ yʕat incaʔ cwikstn ixiʔ ***(əcq̓ay lut t'a cxiʔxiʔstiməlx t cxʷuyəlx uł taliʔ t xʷaʔxʷʔit iʔ scəcmalaʔ uł iliʔ ƛ̓axʷtəlx km ʔuxʷtəlx ła łtcxʷuy) taliʔ xʷʔit iʔ ƛaxʷt uł ixi lut t̓a cqʷlqʷilmsts iʔ "government" uł caʔkʷ inca...inca lut kn t̓...lut kn t̓...(2:35)

 

 uł ła ť cyʕaplx lut stim t'a cmistisəlx iʔ k̓l sk̓ʷulmp, way kʷu cusəlx ixi łə xʷuyyəlx iʔ scəcm̓a̓laʔ cm ixiʔ ła əłcyʕapəlx ł ƛ̓əx̌əƛ̓x̌a̓p...łə ƛ̓x̌x̌ƛ̓x̌a̓pəlx mł lut ksəcmistisəlx stim iʔ sck̓ʷul (3:00)

 

xiʔ cm yʕat səl̓t uł ta unixʷ səcunixʷəxʷ uł ixiʔ yʕat səl̓t...ixiʔ isəsiʔ kʷu cus cm łcyʕapəlx t̓i xiʔ iʔ nsamaʔcn mi əcmistisəlx mł lut iʔ sk̓ʷulmp. uł way̓ ixiʔ unixʷ.(3:17)

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Translation:

The people were hard workers, all of them, really all of them were hard workers, even to the kids they worked then the government wants the kids should go to school and they came

 

and then they took them away from their elders, the kids and then they went to school and then for a long time they were there... maybe 6 months, maybe longer, they stayed there and then they came back and then they were told not to speak our language only English all the time when they got back and then they were taken again and then they took them back to school

 

and again they stayed there. How many years they were there then they would escape from the school and then they were found again and they were beaten, beaten almost to death sometimes many kids didn't come home.

 

Many kids they didn't reach their homes. All of that is written now and all of that I saw. It's written that they weren't taken care of on the way and a really lot of kids died or they froze on the way.  A lot died and that the government doesn’t talk about and I didn't..I didn't…

 

and when they get back they don't know anything about how to work and they told me when they went, the kids, then when they get back they’ll grow up and they won't know anything about work.

 

There they will be all lost for sure, the truth and here they're all lost... that's what my Uncle told me  when they get back they will only know English and they won't know work.  That's the way it is.  Truth.

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Vocabulary:                            

k̓ʷlk̓ʷlu̓łəlx                                            Hard workers

ksk̓w̓smamayaʔxəlx                               They are going to go to school

kmłtiməlx                                            They took them away

cxiʔxiʔstiməlx                                       They take care of them (paid attention to)

xʷaxʔxʷʔit                                            Lots

səcunixʷəxʷ                                         For real

ʔuxʷtəlx                                              Frozen; frostbitten

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Notes:

*When Jane says, " t̓aq́mkst x̌əx̌əyałnxʷ" she later corrects it to be 8 months," upnkst x̌əyałnxʷ".

**Jane commented at this point in the audio that it could be, “...ta cyʕapəlx”, “...didn’t come home.”

*** Audio became too loud and was edited out, however the bracketed sentence was discernible. This portion is available separately.