Li Garnicheurii

Li Garnicheurii

Category: Beading

Follow along with Elder Verna DeMontigny as she goes to the bead store and starts a new beading project with her son Elvis in Southern Michif.

© 2021 Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle Permission required to use or reproduce content. 00:17 My name is Verna Demontigny. 00:19 My name is Hunter Durham. 00:24 We are in Dakota Beach, Sioux Valley, Manitoba. 01:23 Ready 01:23 Yes. 01:24 (Some/the) Beads. 01: 30 Brown 01:33 Green 01:34 Pale (Blue) 01:40 Yellow 01:43 Orange 01:44 Lii Treez? 01:49 Lii Jiis 01:54 Green 01:55 Brown 01:57 Silver 01:59 White 02:02 Red 02:04 Pale Red 02:08 Blue-Green 02:11 And, white 02:13 Black 02:16 Thread 02:20 A needle 02:26 All/Everything... 02:27 ...we are buying. 02:32 My name is Elvis Demontigny. 02:32 My name is Verna Demontigny. 02:38 Today we're going to do beading. 02:43 Today we are going to do beading. 02:49 First... 02:54 First...We will name everything. Yes? 02:55 First, we will name everything, yes. 02:58 A scissors. 02:59 A scissors. 03:00 A scissors. 03:02 A scissors 03:03 mhm. 03:05 A scissor. 03:10 (The)Leather. Leather 03:13 Leather. 03:14 Leather. 03:15 Leather. 03:20 (The) Felt. Felt. 03:23 Felt. 03:24 Felt. 03:25 Blue felt. 03:27 Blue felt. 03:28 Green felt. 03:30 Green felt 03:33 Grey felt. 03:34 Grey felt. 03:36 White felt. 03:38 White felt. 03:40 Black felt. 03:43 Black felt. 03:46 White felt, but this one is stiff. 03:49 This one is soft. 03:53 This one is soft, soft. 03:55 This one is stiff.  04:00 The felt, this one is stiff. 04:02 Yes. 04:03 It is soft... It is soft. 04:05 It is soft... 04:07 It is stiff. 04:08 It is soft. It is stiff. 04:09 Yes. 04:10 It is soft. It is stiff. 04:14 (The) Red felt. It is stiff. 04:17 The red felt, it is stiff. 04:19 The red felt is stiff. 04:22 It is soft. 04:23 It is soft. 04:25 It is soft. 04:27 Yes. 04:28 It is soft. 04:28 It is soft. 04:30 It is stiff. 04:31 It is stiff. 04:32 Mhm. 04:38 Rugs. 04:39 Rugs...  04:40 .... For the beads. 04:45 Rugs... 04:45 Rugs... 04:46 ...for beads. 04:48 Ahh... Rugs for beads. 04:52 Yes. 04:59 Leather, leather. 05:01 Leather 05:03 Deer skin. 05:04 Deer skin. 05:05 Deer skin. 05:06 Deer skin. 05:07 Deer skin. 05:09 Yes. Deer leather. It's soft. 05:12 It's soft. 05:13 It'soft, deer skin. 05:17 Yes. 05:20 A pen. A pen. 05:23 A pen. A pen. 05:29 Pencils. Pencils. Pencils. 05:35 A pencil. 05:36 (The) Pencils. Pencils 05:40 A white pencil. 05:41 A white pencil. 05:44 A blue pencil. 05:45 A white pencil 05:47 A blue pencil. 05:49 A blue pencil. 05:51 A black pencil. 05:54 A black pencil. 05:56 Yes. 05:58 A pencil 06:04 Pick up a pencil. 06:08 Oh, a pencil! Yes.... 06:09 Pick up pencils. 06:16 Pencils. Pencils. 06:17 One, two, three. 06:20 Black, white, blue. 06:28 Black, white, blue. 06:35 Thread, thread, thread. 06:47 White thread. 06:56 Red thread. 07:03 Black thread. 07:11 Beads. 07:24 Green beads. 07:31 Orange beads. 07:41 Black beads. 07:49 Silver beads. Mhm. 07:57 Red beads. 08:05 Pink beads. 08:14 Blue beads. 08:20 Purple beads. Mhm. 08:29 Yellow beads. 08:37 Pinkish-purple. 08:39 Pinkish-purple beads. 08:44 Pale blue. 08:48 Pale blue beads. 09:04 Blue beads. 09:10 Silver 09:13 Silver beads. 09:20 White beads. 09:24 That's all. That's all.  (The/some) Needles. 9:35 Size ten. Size ten, yes. 9:41 Needles, size eleven. 9:47 One here, take one. 10:02 One for me. 10:06 One for me.  One for you.  One needle for me.  No, four. 10:27 One. 10:28 Thank you. 10:32 Put it like this.  One needle.  One needle.  Yes. 10:47 What do you want to do? 10:51 What do you want to do? 10:54 One like this? 10:56 One like that- One like this? 10:59 What do you want to do?  Yes, yes. 11:03 This or... this? 11:08 Around, we put beads. 11:11 You wear like this. 11:14 This one.  No, no not that one. 11:19 These ones here? 11:22 Or... 11:24 This? 11:26 A needle, it's for needles. 11:30 Do you see it? 11:31 This? 11:32 For needles. 11:34 Like this one. 11:36 Like this one. You see it?  What? 11:48 Do you want to do this? 11:51 This?  Lots of needles. 11:54 Yes. 11:55 Do you want to do this? 11:57 This? 11:58 Or this? 12:00 Or... 12:03 One of these. 12:06 This? This. 12:07 Okay. We'll put these away. 12:10 We'll put these away. 12:11 This one. 12:13 You see this? 12:16 Like this? 12:18 You cut it. 12:20 You cut it- you cut it.  You cut it. 12:26 Wait, wait. 12:32 Wait. 12:43 Leather. 12:45 Leather. Leather. 12:49 This? 12:51 Draw.  Draw it. 12:57 This one. 12:58 Draw it on here. 13:00 With a pencil. 13:03 Draw it. 13:04 With a pencil. 13:06 Draw it.  Draw it. 13:14 Draw it. 13:21 Draw it. 13:23 Like this. Like this. 13:29 Like this.  Yes, a pencil. 13:33 Use the pen.  A pencil. 13:37 Use the pen.  The pen is not working.  Ah, there it is.  Yes. 14:21 Yes, yes. 14:22 Now... 14:25 Cut it. Cut it. 14:29 Yes. 14:30 Cut it.  Cut it. 14:36 Cut it. 14:38 Cut it. Like this.  Cut it. 14:44 Cut it. 14:46 Around. 14:48 Around.  Cut it around. 14:50 Yes.  Cut it.  Cut it.  Just like...  Like... cut it. 15:07 Cut it around. 15:10 Cut it around. 15:14 Keep this one.  Keep this one.  Keep this one. 15:29 Keep it. 15:33 This one, keep it. 15:37 Yes.  Keep this one. Wait, wait. 15:45 Now... 15:46 Now this one.  Now... 15:49 This one, yes. 15:51 They're the same, they're the same. 15:53 A small one, big one. 15:56 Small one. 15:58 A big one. 15:59 Now, a big. Yes. 16:03 A small, yes. 16:06 Now... 16:07 Do this. 16:10 This round one. 16:12 Up. 16:13 This round one up. 16:15 Yes, yes. Yes.  Do this. 16:21 Yes. 16:22 Now, draw a star or the sun and a cloud. 16:37 Just whatever you think. 16:39 Draw like me, a picture. You see it?  Yes, maybe... 27:16 Yes, maybe a Van Gogh. 16:49 Yes. 16:50 You see? Here, a bird. 16:53 You see? A bird I made.  Yes. 16:58 A bird. 17:00 Here, a flower. 17:03 Here, a flower. 17:08 Here, a bird. 17:13 It's up to you. 17:14 It's up to you. 17:17 Here, a butterfly. 17:22 A butterfly.  A butterfly? 17:26 A butterfly. 17:28 Here, a flower. 17:31 A flower. 17:33 A butterfly. 17:39 Here, a bird. 17:42 Here, a bird. A bird. 18:01 Are you finished?  I am not finished. 18:32 Draw it. 18:34 Let's see.  My cat. 18:37 Ah yes, yes. 18:38 Now... 18:40 Now... 18:42 You see I put this little paper here. 18:45 I put...  You put a little paper, a little paper. 18:53 To make it stiff. 18:56 To make it stiff. 19:00 Cut a little piece of paper.  A little paper. 19:15 Yes. 19:19 To be stiff. 19:22 Or... 19:24 Or put... 19:26 You have to iron it. 19:29 Iron it.  Iron it. 19:31 Iron it. 19:32 Like this. 19:33 Like this. 19:36 You see this? 19:37 Little...  19:37 Bumps? Little bumps? 19:40 You see little bumps?  Little bumps? Oh yes. 19:41 Little bumps? 19:43 Put like this. 19:47 Iron it. 19:48 Iron it. 19:51 Iron it with the iron. 19:54 The iron. The iron. 19:55 It's over there. 19:58 Iron it. Iron it.  Oooh.  Iron it. 20:06 The iron. 20:08 The iron. 20:10 You have to plug it. 20:12 You have to plug it. 20:14 Plug it. 20:16 The iron. 20:18 Plug the i-   Plug the iron. 20:20 It's over there. 20:25 Yes. 20:31 Plug. 20:31 Not, plug it. 20:33 Plug it. 20:35 Plug it. 20:37 Plug it there. 20:44 Yes. 20:46 Yes. 20:47 Bring it here. 20:50 Bring it here. 20:52 The iron. 20:53 Bring it here. 20:55 Bring it here. 20:58 Put it here. 21:01 Put it here. 21:03 Put it here. 21:05 Here. 21:08 Yes. 21:09 Put it here. 21:12 Put it here. 21:14 Yes. Now... 21:16 Here's your needle. 21:18 We'll thread the needles. 21:21 With thread. 21:23 We'll thread the needles. 21:30 Thread it. 31:32 Thread it. 21:40 Double it. 21:42 Double. 21:43 Double. 21:47 Put it double. 21:48 Yes. 21:53 Mhm, mhm. 22:02 Me, me I like. 22:05 Double. 22:12 Yes. 22:13 Tie it, tie it. 22:15 At the end. Tie it. 22:19 Tie it. 22:22 Yes. 22:24 Tie it. 22:34 Yes, yes. 22:36 Thread for me. 22:40 Thread for me. 22:42 Thread it. 22:44 For me. 22:54 Thank you. 22:56 Thank you. 23:01 Did you put it double? 23:06 Put it double. 23:13 Put it double. 23:15 Now... 23:17 Iron it. 23:18 Iron it. 23:20 Iron it. 23:26 Iron it. 23:38 Yes. 23:40 Some are. 23:41 Some are. 23:41 It has to stick. 23:47 Still iron it. 23:53 Again. 23:56 That's all. 23:58 That's good. 23:58 This one too, iron. 24:01 Iron. 24:06 Yes. 24:08 Put it over there. 24:11 Put it over there. 24:28 Put it over there. 24:35 Here, cut it.  Cut it here. 24:38 This, this, cut it. 24:42 Cut it. 25:12 Beads, beads. 25:15 Beads. Pick them. 25:20 Beads. 25:20 Take beads. 25:28 Choose them. 25:30 Choose them. 25:32 Yes. 25:34 Yeah, okay. That's all.  25:41 Put a little bit here. 25:43 Put a little bit here. 25:45 Beads. 25:46 Put a little bit here. 25:49 Yes. 25:52 These ones, me. 25:54 Oh yes, yes. Beads. 25:55 Put a little bit here. 26:01 Not too much, just a little bit.   26:08 One needle or two needles, do you want to use? 26:13 One needle? 26:15 One needle. One needle, okay. 26:16 This... 26:18 You can start here, here, or here. 26:24 You start from behind, on the line, like this. Look. 26:31 You put your needle through. You see? 26:34 You put your needle through, you put your needle through.  You put it through. 26:39 You put it throu- you put it through. See? 26:43 See? Yes. You put it through. 26:47 And you pick up four, four beads.  Four beads. Yes. 26:53 Pick up four beads. 27:15 Four. 27:20 Yes. 27:21 Now... 27:23 You hold them like this. 27:26 You see it?  Yes. 27:29 This one. 27:31 You see on th- from underneath before. 27:34 Now from the front, on the line. 27:38 You push your needle... 27:41 Like this. 27:47 You see it? Yes. 27:50 Now... 27:52 From the middle here.... 27:54 From underneath put your needle through. 27:57 In the middle. 28:02 And you put your needle through the second, like this. 28:11 Put it through, and again you pick up beads. 28:16 You pick up beads. 28:19 Yes. 28:22 Four again. 28:23 Four. 28:27 Four.  Four.  Four. 28:45 Do that again. 28:47 What I did. 28:53 On the line, like this. 28:56 Hold like this, look. 29:00 Yes. 29:02 Yes, yes. 29:04 On the line, put it through your needle. 29:09 Yes. 29:11 Put your needle through. 29:16 Yes. 29:17 And here. 29:21 Between the second and the third one, bring your needle up from the back. 29:30 Yes, yes. 29:34 Pull it. 29:35 The thread. 29:37 And put it through, put it through the third and fourth bead. 29:41 The third and the fourth. Yes. 29:46 Through the beads. Through the beads.  29:50 That's the way, yes, yes. 29:56 Again, pick up four. 29:59 Four. 30:10 Four, yes. 30:17 Yes.  Four. 30:29 I want black but I can't find it here. 30:32 I didn't bring it, I guess. 30:44 Did you prick yourself? 30:45 You pricked yourself, yes? 30:49 You pricked yourself. I pricked myself, yes. 30:55 Ah, from the back. From the back again. 30:58 From the back again.  No, not. 31:01 Let's see if I have black. 31:06 Yellow here, yellow.  Yellow. (52:18). Yellow I have. 31:13 Ah, black. Look. 31:18 Black. Black. 31:22 Brown. 31:25 I need brown. 31:30 This is copper, look. 31:34 Copper. Copper. 31:37 Copper. Copper, yes. 31:45 I'll use black thread. 31:52 Yes, yes. It's good, it's good. 31:58 Don't pull too tight. 32:06 Because it'll bunch up.  It will bunch up. 32:12 Yes. 32:16 It's good, it's good. 32:19 It's good. 32:20 Pick some more up, again. 32:30 One needle. 32:32 When I use two needles... 32:34 This you hold like this, and another needle you use. 32:40 Two needles.  Two needles. 32:48 That's one, that one. 32:51 It's easier with two needles, instead of one.  Two needles is easier. 32:59 It's easier. 33:02 It's easier. 33:04 Two.  For you. 33:18 But it's not too bad. 33:22 It's not too bad. 33:24 It's not too bad?  Not too bad. 33:28 Yes. 33:50 It's easy?  It's easy. 33:56 Yes. 34:00 It's easy. 34:10 This is a rug, or a mat. 34:12 These are beads. 34:15 Thread. 34:17 Thread, thread. 34:19 Rug, or mat. 34:22 Beads.  Beads. 34:24 Leather. 34:25 Leather. 34:26 I will show him what you do with leather. 34:30 Sew.  Sew. 34:35 Yes. 34:36 Leather. 34:38 You make string... 34:41 String with leather. 34:44 Like this. String with leather. 34:47 You make with this. 34:57 You cut the leather. 34:59 Round. 35:02 Round. 35:10 You cut the leather. 35:18 You make string. 35:21 String. 35:23 You cut like this. 35:55 Are you okay?  I'm okay. 36:13 A little bag, little bag. 36:16 You're making a little bag. 36:17 Little bag, yes. Little bag, yes. 36:22 A little bag for medicine. 36:26 For medicine?  For medicine, yes. Yes. 3707 I'm cutting this string, you see? 37:11 You see it? 37:12 I'm cutting a string.  You're cutting, yes. 37:15 I'm cutting a string with leather.  37:19 Yes, yes. 37:25 After now, after now... 37:30 You stretch it. 37:33 You stretch it. 37:38 You stretch it. You stretch it. 37:41 You stretch it.  You stretch it, yes. 37:48 Here, little bit, I will cut. 38:20 A string. 38:32 Yes. 38:38 I made you a string. 38:40 I made for you. 38:45 I made for you. 38:46 For you. 38:47 For you.  Yes. 39:04 That face, face. 39:08 Show them what you're doing. 39:13 Show them what you're doing. 39:28 Yes, it's good. 39:34 This one for the body. 39:36 You will use black for the body, eh? 39:39 They're smaller, yes. 39:42 They're smaller. Yes. 39:43 Here and here. 29:45 Yes, black. 39:48 Yes. And... 39:49 And one bead maybe green? 39:55 For the eyes? 39:57 Green. 39:58 For the eyes.  For the eyes.  For the eyes, yes. 40:02 For the eyes, green.  Yes, green.  Maybe silver. 40:08 Maybe silver? 40:09 Yes. 40:10 A little nose dent. 40:12 A little nose. 40:14 What colour?  A little nose. 40:17 Pink?  Pink, yes. 40:22 Yes. 40:23 I think I don't know what I said at the end here. 40:24 (1:06:29) something. How much something. Anyway. Want to listen to it? 40: Me, I will start. You know, yes? 1:06:43 You know, yes? 1:06:49 Yeah, something like that. 1:06:52 That's a long one. Oops.