Aileen Figueroa
Eating Fish Heads (2001)
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Text identifier: AF3
Speaker: Aileen Figueroa
Primary documentation: Lisa Conathan, Esther Wood
Project transcription: Adrienne Mamin
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Ko'l 'we-no'ohl weet ho 'ok'w 'woogey. 'Ela negep' nepuy ... Neemee negep' kue 'we-terh. Kwesee koosee negoo hek', Nep's! Nep's! 'O nep', keech 'o skuuewet'. Neeko'l 'we-negeee'n nepuy 'we-terh. |
A long time ago there was a white guy (who used to stay with us). He always ate salmon ... He never ate its head. Then I would always tell him, "Eat it!" He ate it, he got so he liked it. He would always look for fish heads. |