We are dancing as he wishes (makes) us to dance,
Because our father has so commanded us,
Because our father has so commanded us.
The literal meaning of the last line is “because our father has given it to us,” the prairie idiom for directing or commanding being to “give a road” or to “make a road” for the one thus commanded. To disobey is to “break the road” and to depart from the former custom is to “make a new road.” The idea is expressed in the same way both in the various spoken languages and in the sign language.
60. Ga′awa′hu
Ga′awa′hu, ga′awa′hu,
Ni′hii′nä gu′shi′nä,
Ni′hii′nä gu′shi′nä.
A′tanä′tähinä′na,
A′tanä′tähinä′na.