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Moccasin Making Part 5 w/Theo and Agnes Panadis Transcript: (translation by Jesse Bowman Bruchac) Theo: Ni aida mm kakwsa ato paami wligek? So um mm what do you suppose would be better? Theo: W'nant8wi aida sijigwamen8 io, madagenol wskijiwi, wskijiwi mkezenek wji aida tali wawdagenemoodit io nik8niwi wzeskwiganek ni ... Skillfully um they-sew-it-together this one, the-pieces-of-leather on-top, on-top of-the-shoe from um there they-put-one-over-the-other this in-front of-the-leg and ... Agnes: Mhm. Yes. Ni tali ni aida sibiwi ... And then there then um next ... Agnes: Klabi ... Tie ... Theo: Mkezen8bi. A-shoestring. Agnes: Klabit8zit. One-ties-it. Theo: Mkezen8bi awakaktoodit, ni na... naoji awakaktobanik madagen, ni kanwa paami s8waiwi 8baksiziak, maksaagen ala pmaksizagen. Shoestring they-used, and some... some-people they-used leather, and however more often a-rags, a-piece-of-blanket, or a-little-bit-of-cloth. N'talestam ali 8da toji nabi -- 8da toi nabi nebiwinnok ni 8baksizia ta8lawi madagen wskidaktigan. I-used-to-hear that not so soon --- not so soon it-doesn't get wet that cloth-material as the-leather top. Agnes: 8daaga. Paamiga kezigeladen madagenia. It doesn't. More-it-is-then quickly-frozen the-leather-material. Theo: Ahh aida niga ato achi spiwi. Ahh um more likely also with-it.

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