Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
Michəksəsəə
"Welcome"
Southern Sierra Miwuk Language Revitalization Efforts
Keeping our language alive
Bi-monthly Southern Sierra Miwuk classes are held at the Miwu-Mati Family Healing Center on Sundays. Tony Cabezut, tribal member and retired Spanish teacher, instructs the class with the help of three native speakers. Contact us for more details.
Miw'uu attik' uchup
Our people still live.
We ask you now
'a/mée/tok/ni'/mah/hìi
'és/pa/tok/muh/mèe 'íw/win
he/yáw/ŋe/mah/hìi káp/tan/me/tii/mah/hìi
ṭə́n/ṭən/nəp/pùu chə/tə́y
'i/tán/'ok 'ít/chə/kòo ṭə/lə́l/ləy
'i/tán/'ok ho/yé' 'áy/tuu/mè' míw/ṭəy/yà'
--ko/tōo/non/'u/chà' hó'/'ay
ném/mo/'òk ho/yít/tət–
'út/chu/ni'/mah/hìi wál/li/hèt
hó'/'ay che/chíi/wə/ni'/mah/hìi
wə/'ə́'/'a'/mah/hìi míw/ṭəy/yaŋ.
We ask now for help
in calling our representatives
and asking them to decide well
so that our people
–of the past and of the future–
can live with calmness (peace)
and continue our ways.
Kawiinətishshii, 'utchuhakme' net'ok mitaanon nəmih net'ok halle'həə miwdtəyyang
We are still here! We have been here forever, it seems, in this land of the Miwuk.
