Tomk ‘kpotenomon ‘kiniyakon,
weci wolankeyutomon ‘tpitahasuwakon.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[First smudge your head,
so that you may take good care of your thoughts.
Give thanks.]
Ksisqol-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci woli-nomihtun psiw keluwat Skitkomiq.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge your eyes well too,
so that you may see all the beauty of the earth.
Give thanks.]
‘Calokossiyol-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci nutuwat kci-kikuwosson kulusk.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge your ears well too,
so that you can hear the Great Mother’s word.
Give Thanks.]
‘Kihtun-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci wewi-pisehtuwon ‘pisunol.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge your nose well too,
so that you can smell all the medicine around you.
Give thanks.]
‘Ktun-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci nomkomiptuwon klatuwewakonen.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Your mouth as well, smudge it well,
so that you can honour your language.
Give Thanks.]
‘Kmushun-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci nomkomiptuwon kseltomuwakon.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge also your heart,
so that you may honour the love in your life. Give thanks.]
‘Kpihtinol-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci wolankeyutomon psiw keq skitkomiq.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge your hands well too,
so that may care for everything on the earth.
Give thanks.]
‘Kwatol-ona kwoli-‘kpotenomon,
weci woli-pomuhsyeyon mahqeyik awt.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge your legs well too,
so that you may walk the Red Road.
Give thanks.]
Kwoli-‘kpotenomon nihkaniw ‘hok,
weci mihqitahamit nihkanapasihtit.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge well the front of your body,
so that you can remember the ones who went before.
Give thanks.]
Kwoli-‘kpotenomon asit ‘kphokm,
weci mihqitahamit weckuwapasihtit.
‘Kwolasweltomon.
[Smudge well the back of your body,
so that you can remember the ones who are yet to come. Give thanks.]
Ehtahsi-kiskahk oli-tukiyeyin ‘ktimiyan kwolasweltomon ciw pomawsuwakon.
Kisi-posqeyik apc ‘ktimiyan kwolasweltomon ‘ciw ktluhkewakon.
Tan-ci pomi-’kiyat-kisuhs ktimiyan kwolasweltomon ‘ciw psiw ntolnapemok.
Mesq Natqosilin, ‘ktimiyan kwolasweltomon ciw nipawset, possesomok naka tpuhk. Kmihqitahamon kcicituwinuticik, wasisok naka ksinukhoticik. Kwolpessin naka kwolipuhwihtun.
Sepawonuk apc kwoleyik.
[ Every morning when you rise, give a prayer of thanksgiving for life.
At noontime again give a prayer of thanksgiving for your work.
As the sun begins to set, give a prayer of thanksgiving for all your relations.
Before you go to sleep, give a prayer of thanksgiving for the moon, the stars and the depth of night.
Call into your thinking the wise ones,
the children
and the ones who are sick.
Turn in and dream well.
Do this again tomorrow. ]
