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Cherokee Indian Fair Activities

  • Cherokee Language Program Instructor Tom Belt transcribed and translated this passage.
  • Nole anadagonatisgv asgwalisgv ananetso’vsgv’i. Taline igano analenisgv’i. Iga analenisgv dananelohvsgv’i. Sunale yigi gugwe dantokiyasdisgv’i. Nole anawonisgv galtsadi gvhdi. Nolesgwu analsgisgv’i. Sgwisdi nundale anitsalagi, nudale sgadugane aniluhgv’i. Iyudalihano aniyonega unalsgisdi vsgi analsgisgv’i. Nvhgi nole hisgi iga unadadsgv yvwi Tokiyasdi ane tsaniluhgv’i. Nole sgwu yonega unalsgisdi analsgisgi Tansi ane sgwu tsaniluhgv’i. Tsusdi gohweli doginvnehv’i, doginvnelv okilvdohdi, dokilvdi akilvdohdi vna asgwalisgv’i
  • During fair time, they started playing stickball on Tuesday. They started playing at noon. In the morning, they used quails to race. Then there were archery contests. There were dances at the fair. A lot of different (Cherokee) Indians would come. Then they would square dance. Four or five groups would come from Asheville. Square dance groups came from as far away as Tennessee. During the week of the fair, we would get little pieces of paper to ride the rides.