Moniak Otenakak

Kitci minowabadan kinawikotena’kak (It’s really beautiful to see them all in the city)

Weciktc mega eti ki migwamkiok anishnabe (A long time ago us ndn’s lived everywhere here)

Meye-weti kakina aki oma ijinakatek (And this is what they called this land all around)

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Mane tagon mijim apitc wi wisinian (There’s plenty of food when you need to eat)

Apitc moniamin kigamikwan kadendamin akikak (When you dig up you will find what you need in the earth)

Kida minowesse apitc ki abijitowin (The winds will carry our prayers)

Kidonagan mamwi ki demkwan (When we use that dish and one spoon)

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Apitc ki pagishimak kiwetinokak  (And when the sun sets in the north)

Anishnabe kida weniok kidji majiskawatc tagwagonik. (Autumn will tell the Anishnabeg its time to leave)

Mandamin, zayi, okanakosimin mamwi wiyas (Corn, beans, squash and meat)

Kina mino-mijim onda wisinimin; Magocetan (All this good food lets eat, we feast for the bear)

(Leaving for the winter) 

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Kwey ni’widjike (Hello my relations)

Moniak otena anishnabeg (Moniak the ndn village)

Kitci kanesh aji ka’nigi’wabamasin ni widjiak (It’s been so long since I’ve seen my comrades)