ᏂᎪᎯᎸᏃ, ᏙᎯ ᎾᏆᏛᎿᏕᎨᏍᏗ, ᎬᏆᏕᎶᏆᎡᏗ ᏳᎾᏚᎵᎭ ᎦᏥᏰᏲᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎦᏕᎶᏆᎥ ᎠᏏ ᎠᏂᏐ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎾᏂᎷᎬᎾ ᏥᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏃ ᏂᎬᎯᎵᏎᏍᏗ ᎪᎯᏗ ᎬᏩᏂᎩᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎭᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ.”
And I will always, as long as my health allows, teach those who desire to learn from me so that our art of basketry, that has continued nonstop since pre-contact, will continue well past my time on this earth.”