niimíipuum titwáatit
The People's Stories
támsoy káa ‘alatálo - Ant and Yellow Jacket
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The Ant and Yellow Jacket is a stone formation located in Idaho along the Clearwater River above U.S. Highway 12. It is part of the Nez Perce National Historical Park. The following is a condensed version of the Ant and Yellow Jacket story, explaining how they came to be there.
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'alatálo kúnk'u hiiptéetu nacó'x̣ yox̣tíite piswéepe.
Yellow jacket always usually ate salmon that same on rock. tamsóynim páatyoxna, "yóx̣ wées 'íinim píswe!" Ant he yelled at him, "That is my rock!" tamsóynim “wéet'u tá'c,” penekúuye ku’swecéen, támsoy káa 'alatálo píiwepeke'yke. Ant “not good,” he thought it thus for that reason, Ant and Yellow jacket fought each other. píiwepeke'yke káa píiwepeke'yke piswéewecet káa 'iceyéeyenm hinéeshexne way'áatkin'ix. They fought and they fought because of the rock and Coyote he saw them from afar. 'iceyéeyenm hinéesne, "wéec’u!" Coyote told them, "STOP!" pamc'itpáaswisana, kawó 'iceyéeyenm qepsqepsnéewitki káa hináashanya píswe. They ignored him, then Coyote used powers and he made them rock. yóx̣ kaló! That’s all. |
The audio features Florene Davis reading támsoy káa ‘alatálo,
tim'néepe - Heart of the Monster
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Coyote and Monster also know as "Tim'neepe - Heart of the Monster" Niimiipuu creation story. Click the image to access.
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