Tribes

New expressions:

Are you one of us (Arikara)?

ka kunataraakIt?

• I am one of us (Arikara).

kutataraakIt.

our people/ourselves

nataraakičI

Are you Arikara?

ka kunataraakIt?

• Yes, I am Arikara.

hee’, kutataraakIt.

New expressions:

What (tribe) are you?

tiče NAxi’?

What tribe are you?

tiče naaxačitaa’A?

I am _____.

tati’ _____.

I am _____ tribe.

taatačitaa’A _____.

I am not _____.

kaakati’ _____.

I am not _____ tribe.

kaakaatačitaa’A _____.

Are you _____?

ka NAxi’ _____?

Are you _____ tribe?

ka naaxačitaa’A _____?

I am Arikara.

tati’ sahniš.

I am Arikara.

taatačitaa’A sahniš.

I am half Arikara, half Hidatsa.

tati’ ihUx sahniš ihUx wiitatshaanu’.

My grandmother is a Sioux woman.

atika’ ti’ swaatuh.

Are you Mandan?

ka NAxi’ kaNIt?

• Yes, I am Mandan.

hee’, tati’ kaNIt.

• No, I am not Mandan.

kaaki’, kaakati’ kaNIt.

Are you a Pawnee woman?

ka NAxi’ sapaakIsčiiri?

• No, I am an Arikara woman.

kaaki’, tati’ sapaakIsahniš.

Tribes:

.

Male

Female

Arikara

sahniš sapaakIsahniš

Hidatsa

wiitatshaanu’ swiitatshaanu’

Mandan

kaNIt skaNIt

Sioux

sananat swaatuh

Assiniboine

psi’a’ spsi’a’

Crow

tUhkaaka’ sitUhkaaka’

Pawnee

sčiiri sapaakIsčiiri

White

saNIštaaka sapaakIsaNIštaaka

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