- hay ’ul’ qux kws nuts’tul’s.
There are many different colours. - tthu ni’ shtun’aalhtuns tthu shtu’aalus kwthu ni’ hakwushuhw tse’.
Where you get the many different colours. - thu sqwiil’muhw, ni’ hakwushuhw ’i’ nilh we’ tth’atth’uhwum’ tthu shtu’aalusth.
You use the blackberries and it comes out in a purple colour. - hay nilh thu tsul’qama’ ’i’ ni’ hwu tskwim.
When it’s the raspberries, it turns a red colour. - ha’ ’un’ stl’i’ thu tsq’ix ’i’ nilh tthu p’uts’t tthu ni’ hakwushuhw p’uts’t susuw’
hwu tsq’ix.
If you want it black, you use charcoal. That will make it black. - tthu sp’eq’ums tthu luluts’ulhp ’i ni’ hwu luluts’alus.
For yellow, it’s the flower from the Oregon grape. - ’i’ ha’ ’un’ stl’i’ kw’ tsqway ’i’ nilh tthu sts’alha’s tthu luluts’ ’i’ ni’ nilh ni’ hwu
tsqway.
Leaves from the Oregon grape turn it green. - kwus wulh q’aytsus tthu ts’alhulhp’ ’i’ nilh ni’ tumlhalus.
The dead maple tree leaves, turn it brown. - ’i’ hay tthu kw’uluw’s tthu kwulalu’ulhp ni’ hwu kwulalu’alus.
The maple bark, [when it gets dry], turns it orange. - ni’ ch ts’uy’hwt, ha’ ni’ ts’uy’hw ’i’ ni’ hwu ’uy’uy’mut kwulalu’alus.
It’s only when you dry it, and when the cedar bark is dry, it turns a beautiful really
orange. - hay ul’ qux kwus nuts’tul tthu hakwushuhw, kwus hwu ’uy’uy’mut thu
shtu’aalusth.
There are many different things you use that will give you beautiful colors. - thi syaays ’i’ nilh kwu hwu ’uy’uy’mut.
It’s a lot of (big) work, but it comes out beautiful. - sus ’ulh ’uw’ saay’stum’ tthu t’umou’luch.
They had tubs ready. - sthuthi’st-hwus tthu s’ul-hween tst, suw’ xut’usta’ult ha’ ’un’ stl’i’ kwun’s ’uw’
niihw suxwa’ul’mun’ ’i’ nem’ ch ’u tthu t’umou’luch kwun’s ni’
shhwakwushuhw.
And the elders said to us, that if you need to go pee, go and use the tub. - nilh ni’ ha’kwushus tthu s’ul-hween tthu qa’s tthu stl’ul’iqulh, suxwa’s
That’s what the elders used, the children’s urine, to stop the color from running. - nilh ni’ shhw’unuhws tthu shtu’aalusth tthu ni’ yu they’tus ’uy’uy’mut ’u kwsus
wulh hwu syaay’ qux kwus nuts’tul.
When it’s finished and ready, it comes out beautiful in many different colors. - hay tseep q’u
Thank you.
Thank you to Donna Gerdts for editing. This version is from Nov. 28, 2022.
