kn səcqisx (I Have A Dream in Colville-Okanagan Salish)
Channel: Grahm Wiley-Camacho
Date: 18/01/2014

Salish School of Spokane students reciting a Colville-Okangan Salish excerpt of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech:

kn səcqiʔsx naqs sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t axáʔ iʔ nqsilxʷtət mi tłtałtwil̓x mi uníxʷəxʷ iʔ snunxʷínaʔtət: my̓may̓t axáʔ, kʷu yʕayʕát kʷu k̓ʷul̓l kʷu papút tə sqilxʷ.

kn səcqiʔsx mat pn̓kin l̓ mq̓ʷəq̓ʷmaq̓ʷ k̓l̓ cácaʔ, iʔ sqʷsqʷasíʔaʔs iʔ q̓ʷy̓us uł iʔ sqʷsqʷasíʔaʔs iʔ píqłc̓aʔ mi lx̌tiw̓səl̓x uł uníxʷ k̓ʷul̓l̓əl̓x nqsilxʷ.

kn səcqiʔsx mat pn̓kin iwá k̓l̓ msəsípiʔ, laʔkín pútiʔ n̓k̓səsil̓s, laʔkín lut t̓a cpútaʔstm iʔ sqilxʷ, mi kul̓l x̌súlaʔxʷ, qm̓púlaʔxʷ laʔkín mi k̓ʷixʷəxʷ iʔ sqilxʷ.

kn səcqiʔsx mat pn̓kin kmúsməs isqʷsqʷasíʔaʔ kskʷliw̓t laʔkín kswikn̓tm, ksqaʔíl̓smn̓tm iʔ caw̓tsəl̓x, iʔ nk̓ʷul̓mn̓səl̓x, iʔ sck̓ʷul̓səl̓x uł lut iʔ caknílxʷs.

ʕapnáʔ tə sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t axá isəcqiʔsx !

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!