Story of Switch Striker (1964)

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ᏚᏙᎥᎢ
dudo'v'i
he was called
ᎦᎾᏍᏓ
gansda
Switch
ᏗᏥᏯ
di⁠tsi⁠ya⁠
killer (of many)
ᏥᏴᏂᎦ
⁠tsi⁠yv⁠ni⁠ga⁠
I strike
ᎤᏬᏂᏒᎯ
⁠u⁠wo⁠ni⁠sv⁠hi⁠
he spoke thus

He who was named Switch Striker spoke thus:

ᎩᎶᎢ
ki⁠lo'⁠i
anyone
ᏥᏓᏓᏅᏫᏍᎪᎢ
⁠tsi⁠da⁠da⁠hnv⁠wi⁠s⁠go'⁠i⁠
who heals others
ᎤᏓᎦᏎᏍᏗᏳ
⁠u⁠da⁠k⁠se⁠sdiyu
very careful
ᎨᏎᏍᏗ
⁠ge⁠se⁠s⁠di⁠
must be
ᎩᎶᎢ
ki⁠lo'⁠i
one
ᏄᏬᏘ
⁠nuwo⁠ti⁠
medicine
ᎠᎦᏔᎮᏍᏗ
⁠a⁠kta⁠he⁠s⁠di
(who) will know
ᏧᏓᏅᏬᏗᎢ
tsu⁠da⁠hnvwodi⁠'i⁠
to heal others
ᎮᏍᏗ
⁠he⁠s⁠di
must not
ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏓ
tsu⁠na⁠da⁠le⁠hnv⁠da⁠
(several) different
ᎠᏂᎨᏴ
⁠a⁠ni⁠ge⁠hyv⁠
women
ᎤᎾᏓᏍᏓᏴᏅᎯ
⁠u⁠na⁠da⁠s⁠da⁠yv⁠hnv⁠hi⁠
cooking
ᏱᏣᎵᏍᏓᏴᏂᏙᎮᏍᏗ
yi⁠tsa⁠ls⁠da⁠yv⁠hni⁠do⁠he⁠s⁠di⁠
you (must not) go around eating
ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯᎢ
⁠u⁠do⁠hi⁠yu⁠hi⁠ya'⁠i⁠
truly
ᎨᏒᎢ
ge⁠sv'⁠i⁠
being
ᎢᏣᏓᎵᏏᏂᏗᏳᎢ
⁠i⁠tsa⁠da⁠lsi⁠nh⁠di⁠yu'⁠i⁠
for you (pl.) to be very careful
ᎨᏎᏍᏗ
⁠ge⁠se⁠s⁠di⁠
will be
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ
go⁠hu⁠s⁠di⁠
something
ᎢᏣᏓᎵᏍᏓᏴᎾᏁᎲᎢ
⁠i⁠tsa⁠da⁠ls⁠da⁠yv⁠hna⁠hne⁠hv'⁠i⁠
whenever you repeatedly eat meals elsewhere (not at home)

One who is a healer must take care of himself. Medicine men and healers must not go about eating the cooking of several different women. Truly, he must be careful about eating food cooked outside his own home.

ᎢᎸᎯᏳᎾᏏ
i⁠lv⁠hi⁠yu⁠hnasi⁠
and (there may be) times when
ᎠᏂᎨᏴ
⁠a⁠ni⁠gehyv⁠
women
ᏥᏕᎩᎧᎭ
⁠tsi⁠de⁠gi⁠kaha⁠
whom we have
ᏅᏙᎢ
nv⁠do'⁠i⁠
(during the) moon
ᎢᏤᎢ
⁠i⁠tse⁠'i⁠
new
ᎧᎸᏤᎬᎢ
ka⁠lv⁠tse⁠gv'⁠i⁠
phases of the moon
ᏚᏂᏢᎪᎢ
⁠du⁠nidlv⁠go⁠'i⁠
they are sick (habitually); menstruating
ᎤᏅᏌ
u⁠nv⁠sa⁠
they themselves
ᎤᏁᎲᎢ
⁠u⁠ne⁠hv'⁠i⁠
while living
ᎤᏂᏢᎪᎢ
⁠u⁠nidlv⁠go'⁠i⁠
they are sick (habitually)
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ
nasgi⁠hno
and that's (why)
ᎢᏳᏍᏗ
⁠i⁠yu⁠s⁠di⁠
(see previous word)
ᎤᏓᏍᏓᏴᏅᎯ
⁠u⁠da⁠s⁠da⁠yv⁠hnv⁠hi⁠
cooking
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ
go⁠hu⁠s⁠di⁠
anything
ᏴᏓᎵᏍᏓᏴᎾᏁᎭ
⁠yv⁠da⁠l⁠s⁠da⁠yv⁠hna⁠ne⁠ha⁠
if one eats
ᎾᏍᎩ
⁠na⁠s⁠gi⁠
that
ᎠᏓᎯᎯ
a⁠da⁠hi⁠hi⁠
(it is) a killer (of)
ᏅᏬᏘ
⁠nv⁠woti⁠
medicine
ᏴᎦᏔᎭ
⁠yv⁠kta⁠ha⁠
(that) one may know
ᏭᏓᎪᎾᏛᏔᏅᎯ
wu⁠da⁠gona⁠tda⁠nv⁠hi⁠
absolutely
ᎤᏓᏅᏍᏙᏒᎯ
⁠u⁠da⁠nv⁠s⁠do⁠sv⁠hi⁠
forbidden
ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᏊ
ni⁠ga⁠ls⁠di⁠s⁠gv⁠quu⁠
the occurrence of
ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏏᏍᏗᎢ
⁠i⁠ya⁠dv⁠ne⁠li⁠si⁠s⁠di'⁠i⁠
going around acting carelessly

There are times when our women are sick during the new moon phase with their personal illness. You may eat something they cooked. This will kill any medicine you know. It is absolutely forbidden to go carelessly about eating in many places.

ᎥᎵᏍᏓᏴᏂᏙᎲᎢ
v⁠ls⁠da⁠yvh⁠ni⁠do⁠hv'⁠i⁠
while going around eating meals
ᎢᏳᏃ
⁠i⁠yuh⁠no⁠
if
ᎤᏙᏓᏆᏛ
⁠u⁠do⁠daquadv⁠
all day
ᎢᎸᏢᎢ
i⁠lv⁠tlv'⁠i⁠
somewhere
ᏮᏓᎨᏙᎵ
⁠wv⁠da⁠ge⁠do⁠li⁠
I will go (and then return)
ᎮᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ
⁠he⁠li⁠s⁠ge⁠s⁠di⁠
(if) you will be thinking (of), planning
ᏨᏌ
tsv⁠sa⁠
yourself
ᎭᏓᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ
⁠ha⁠da⁠s⁠da⁠yv⁠hv⁠s⁠ge⁠s⁠di⁠
you will be cooking
ᏣᏓᏁᏗ
⁠tsa⁠da⁠hne⁠hdi⁠
for you to give away
ᎭᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ
ha⁠dv⁠nv'⁠i⁠s⁠di⁠s⁠ge⁠s⁠di⁠
you will prepare it
Ꭽ[Ꮣ]ᏅᏍᎨᏍᏗ
⁠ha⁠[da]hnv⁠s⁠ge⁠s⁠di
you will take it with you (flexible object)
ᎢᎸᏢᎢ
i⁠lvd⁠lv'⁠i⁠
anywhere
ᎾᏊᎢ
⁠na⁠quu⁠'i⁠
then
ᏱᏤᎾ
⁠yitse⁠na
if you go
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ
na⁠s⁠gi⁠no⁠
that
ᏂᎭᏛᏁᎸᎭ
⁠ni⁠ha⁠dvne⁠lv⁠ha⁠
do (that)
ᎪᎯᏗᎢ
⁠go⁠hi⁠di'⁠i⁠
(for) a very long time
ᎣᏍᏛ
os⁠dv⁠
well
ᏅᏬᏘ
⁠nv⁠woti⁠
medicine
ᎯᎦᏔᎮᏍᏗ
⁠hi⁠k⁠ta⁠he⁠s⁠di⁠
you will know

If you plan to go somewhere and spend the day there, you should be prepared to cook for yourself and take your own food along with you wherever you go. If you follow these instructions, you will retain knowledge of good medicine for a long time.

ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ
tsu⁠da⁠lenv⁠da⁠
different
ᏴᎵᏍᏓᏴᏂᏙᎠ
⁠yv⁠ls⁠da⁠yv⁠ni⁠do'⁠a⁠
whenever one goes around eating (different) meals
ᎾᏊᏃ
na⁠quu⁠hno⁠
then
ᏅᏬᏘ
⁠nv⁠woti⁠
medicine
ᎥᎦᏔᎲᎢ
vktahv'i
one's knowledge (of)
ᎠᏓᎵᏬᏤᎭ
ada⁠li⁠hwo⁠tse⁠ha⁠
it dies
ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ
⁠a⁠di⁠s⁠gv'⁠i⁠
he used to say
ᎦᎾᏍᏓ
ga⁠n⁠s⁠da⁠
Switch
ᏗᏥᏯ
⁠di⁠tsi⁠ya⁠
I am the killer (of many)
ᏥᎨᏒᎢ
⁠tsi⁠ge⁠sv'⁠i
who was

“When you eat at different places, your knowledge of medicine dies,” said Ganasda Ditsiti, who was Switch Striker and lived long ago.

ᎠᎾᏗᏍᎪᎢ
ana⁠di⁠s⁠go⁠'i⁠
they say
ᏧᎾᏛᏐᏅᎯ
⁠tsu⁠na⁠tvso⁠hnv⁠hi⁠
the elders
ᎤᏂᏃᎮᎸᎯ
u⁠ni⁠hno⁠he⁠lv⁠hi⁠
they told
ᎨᏒ
⁠ge⁠sv⁠
it was
Ꮔ[Ꮝ]ᏛᎢ
⁠nu⁠[s]dv⁠'i⁠
the way (custom)
ᎤᏁᏲᏅᎯ
⁠u⁠nehyoh⁠nv⁠hi⁠
they were taught
ᎢᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏕᏍᏗ
i⁠tsi⁠s⁠qua⁠ni⁠go⁠hde⁠s⁠di⁠
keep this (practice/custom)
ᎠᏴ
⁠a⁠yv
(that) I
ᎠᎩᏁᏨᎢ
a⁠gi⁠hne⁠tsv⁠'i⁠
(what) I have said
ᎤᏛᏁᎢ
udv⁠ne⁠'i⁠
said
ᎦᎾᏍᏓ
⁠ga⁠na⁠s⁠da⁠
Switch
ᏗᏥᏯ
⁠di⁠tsi⁠ya⁠
killer (of many)
ᏥᎨᏒᎢ
⁠tsi⁠ge⁠sv⁠'i⁠
who was

The elders said this. They spoke of what they were taught. “Keep in your memory what I have said,” cautioned Ganasda Ditsiti who was Switch Striker.