Makah Day Songs
Verbs
Weather
Numbers
Stories
100

What is the first dance we do on Makah Days

The Welcome

100

ʔackatšiƛ

jump

100

ʔuqu·bisal

nice day

100

5

šuč̓

100

This story is why picked these symbols for our Makah Flag.

The Thunder Bird and The Whale

200

What dance requires 10 dancers

The Snipe

200

ha·ha·c̓ic

run

200

wiqibisal

bad day

200

7

ʔaƛpu·

200

This story is about a Lazy girl

wiki·baqak

300

What dance does everyone move towards the middle, when the song says "spu·s may ka c̓i· pi ku pa nay ka ʔoy xa ney"

The War 

300

sing

dudu·k

300

kʷisi·al

snowy

300

10

ƛaxʷ

300

This story is about a wikwi·yak and a xadawišč that get lost in the woods.

The frogs that learned to say wiki·

400

What song has the words "ʔa ya· qi·n ta xan ti ki· hu·n ti· ha· ni· ya ti· yey" 

The spear

400

dance

hu·ɫuk

400

biƛa·ʔal

rainy

400

15

ƛaxʷ ʔiš šuč̓

400

The moral of this story is not to be a bully, and not push around those that are smaller than you. (Hint there are two main characters one is a large animal and one is a small bird)

The Elk and the wren

500

As a team sing the one paddle dance that the younger kids do that the older kids do not. 

ba·ču·keykid

500

hurry

ʔeʔe·ši·

500

windy

wi·qsi·al

500

19

ƛaxʷ ʔiš c̓akwa·sub

500

What story has this song in it "yey ʔi· wa· yey ʔi· wa· yey ʔi· wa· ʔo· yey ʔi· wa· ʔu·ʔu·dux k̓a·šč̓uʔu·"

The Raven and The Crow