dwa nepka

(what’s happening)

gew a sésas Shuína Skó, noo a ewksiknii

(my name is Singing Spring, I'm Klamath)

gew p’kísap dal Camille DeLorme

(my mother is) Camille DeLorme, a former member of Tribal Council

gew p'kûlip dal Teresa Wright-DeLorme

(my grandmother is) Teresa Wright-DeLorme, a former member of Tribal Council and directly involved in having the Klamath Tribes’ federal recognition restored in 1986 after it was terminated in 1954

gew wawʼiks dal Mary Silvers-Wright

(my great-grandmother is) Mary Silvers-Wright, co-owner of her parent’s resort presently known as the “Wright Ranch”

Mary’s p’kísap dal Esther Heart-Silvers

(Mary’s mother is) Ester Heart-Silvers, the founder of the "Silver’s Resort," one of the largest and most successful resorts in the Pacific Northwest, which was often referred to as the “10,000 acre ranch resort”

Mary’s p'kásip dal Lion Heart

(Mary’s grandfather is) Lion Heart, whose name was translated into English and further Americanized to “James Hart”

Mary’s wawʼiks dal Chinchallo Muk-has

(Mary’s great-grandfather is) Chincallo Muk-has, a known shaman/healer, headman of the Marsh band within the ewksiknii (people of the lake), and one of the signers of the Klamath Tribes’ treaty in 1864 (more than 20 million acres of land reluctantly ceded by the Klamath, Modoc, and Northern Paiute peoples throughout northeastern California and south-central Oregon for less than 2 million acres)