This is the guide I use to teach the Kanuhelatuksla/Thanksgiving Address on the felt board. The felt pictures are colourful and I use Oneida language just as we do when speaking it at gatherings. Students and teachers enjoy hearing the language and usually try to say some of the picture words.
We begin with:
Akweku uska tsi ^twahwe'nu:ni: ukwa'niku:la' /Everyone as one, we will wrap our minds, thoughts.
T^twatanuhela:tu: k^tyohkwa/we will thank the people
tsi' sheku ^wa:tu: ska:n^:/we can have peace
^twanuhtunyuhe'ke/we will all be happy.
Ta:ne:tho n^yotuha'ke: ukwa'niku:la/so be it the way it will be, our minds, our thoughts.
Then Yukhinulha'/Mother Earth and move on to the plants, trees, animals, waters, birds, thunderers, sun, moon, stars, 4 messengers, Skanyataliyo/Handsome Lake and finally, Shukwaya'tishu/Creator.