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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



721 



May you be blessed with light; 

 May your roads be fulfilled; 

 May you grow old; 

 May you be blessed in the chase; 



To where the life-giving road of your 



sun father comes out 

 May your roads reach; 

 May your roads all be fulfilled. 



Sai'yataca an pe'na ta'cana 



Sai'yataca his talk long 



hon fe'kohanan tatc i'lap a"'teona 



we daylight father having the ones 



pi"tcik a'nota pe'kwia ci'wan'i 



Dogwood clan speaker priest 



yam a-'tatcii 



his fathers 



koEw a-'ciwan'i 



masked god priests 



a- 'wan Eiicima 



their waters 



a''wan ?o'waconan'e 



their seeds 



a'ntecemana 



deshing 



yam a-'tatcu 



their fathers 



tci'mikana'pkowa 



the ones who first had being 



a- 'wan Ra'cima tc'li'tona 



their water inner room in 



i'yanteceman i''wo'kwikna 



one another desiring sitting down in a circle 



la'lkok" ka'nakwema' tapana 



yonder springs foUowing 



£o'pinte la'kwimon a'k'a 



with 



i"'piya?sumepa 



holding one another fast 



ho"i o'nayaEanalja 



person prolonging Ufe for 



ya'nula'a 



appointed 



"A reciprocal relationship is implied; hence the obscurity of the grammatical construction. Freely 

 translated "our sun father " or "the sun, who is our father." 



