Reading Chickasaw Children Stories: Ittimanompoli Chikasha Chipota Ishtanowa

Story One in the Adventures of the Three Little Shokhoshi': What Really Happened - The Story of "Winter House Pig"


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Ishkosi (Auntie) Nitaike reads the first of four stories in the Adventures of the Three Little Shokhoshi': What Really Happened - The Story of "Winter House Pig". Written and illustrated by youth attending the 2017 Chickasaw Press Holisso Ikbi Book Creation Camp. To access these free books, please visit the Chickasaw Press Bookstore located at 1020 N. Mississippi in Ada, Oklahoma.

Theme Music/Intro: 

"Chinchokma"

Chokma chokma. (hello, hello) 
Chinchokma? (How are you?) 
Chinchokma? (How are you?) 
Chinchokma? (How are you?) 
Chokma chokma. (hello, hello) 
Chinchokma? (How are you?) 
Anchokma! (I am good)

Performed by Adalynn and Everitt McKnight (Chickasaw citizens)

Chikashanompa (Chickasaw language) in this book:

  • Toomi Palli - Summer
  • Takolo Wasacha' Okchi - Lemonade
  • Intakho’bi - Lazy
  • Nannimponna - Smart 
  • Nashoba - Wolf
  • Shokhoshi' - Pigs
  • Hashtola - Winter
  • Tanchi - Corn
  • Ayokpa - Happy


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Reading Chickasaw Children Stories: Ittimanompoli Chikasha Chipota IshtanowaBy Ishkosi (Auntie) Nitaike