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affirming the land and all of our relations being in place: wantastegok - brattleboro tali sokwakik, wôbanakiak homelands (vermont) atowi.org ibitta wlidaha, only be goodhearted!
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ali-nkihlôt awasadenak

westward beyond the mountain
sagaskoas wantastegw wajok, sipki penibagosek

ground pine (dendrolycopodium spp) at mt. wantastiquet in late october
nawajihla alômkik alsedawa

stopped for awhile inside the earth to listen and learn
azwaha wajoak alinôgwak: ntôwipla, mômanni

changing the way the mountains appear: they are patient, very gently
N'daibna iodali, atowiwi

Here we are, together in time and space
padholatagwôgwo - "they bring the autumn"

new england aster (symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
kipiwikizosôgan - “woods sunflower”

woodland sunflower (helianthus divaricatus)
adatomenakwam - "leaning together (?) berry bush"

wild raisin (viburnum nudum)
nokimskiko - “soft grass”

cotton grass, actually a type of sedge - (eriophorum virginicum)
wanibagol salônakwamak kaksatstak

leaves of staghorn sumac are scarlet-colored
pakwaaloskw - arrowhead plant

broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato (sagitarria latifolia)
wskiagbalam - young bullfrog

(lithobates catesbeianus)
gizospenak - “sun root”

jerusalem artichoke (helianthus tuberosus)
tolbawôdeb pskwasawônal - turtlehead flowers

turtlehead (chelone glabra)
mkwihlasipskwasawôn - "opening one like a red flyer"

cardinal flower (lobelia cardinalis)
pezgahlôgwihlôk nebesis - twilight at the pond
sagapezagwdamen - “ground blackberry”

dewberry (rubus flagelleris)
pkuwiimakw (munsee) > pakwimakw (possible abenaki)

“arrow wood/stick”

joe-pye weed (eutrochium maculatum)

named in honor of mahican sachem & medicine person shauquethquat, also known as Joe Pye
mskodalek wlôgwiwi

the meadows in the evening
natami adebakwa pskwasawôn kikonek, chakwa

first bean flower in the garden, this morning
ôpkweskak - solomon’s seal

“what is jointed”

(polygonatum biflorum)
sazôbakwhôzik - boneset

"it goes through the leaf"

(eupatorium perfoliatum)
Ôwdi kpiwik - forest trail
mamijôla - “always eating with tongue one”

a [monarch] butterfly (danaus plexippus)
mamaska - a toad

american toad (anaxyrus americana)