Vocabulary
ᏗᎧᎸᎬ - the East
ᎠᏁᎯ - they live there
ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ - the Cherokees
ᎠᏅᏗᎭ - they are using it (see: ᎬᏗᎭ)
ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏗ - green
ᏃᏊ - now
ᎤᏂᎭ - they have it (see: ᎤᎭ)
ᎨᏐᎵᏂ - gasoline
ᎠᏟᏍᏗᎢ - he is pouring liquid into a container
ᎨᏐᎵᏂ ᎠᏟᏍᏗᎢ - gas pump
ᏧᏂᎧᎵᏍᏗ - for them to fill them (ᎧᎵ - full)
ᎤᏃᏢᏒ - place, a center (location)
ᏧᏂᎧᎵᏍᏙᏗ - they fill them
ᎤᏃᏢᏒ ᏧᏂᎧᎵᏍᏙᏗ - filling station
ᎠᏰᏟ - nation, national, central, center
ᏧᎾᏦᏙᏗ - vehicles (ᎤᎾᏦᏙᏗ - vehicle, bus)
ᎣᏍᏓ ᏱᏗᏅᏁᎯ - repair, fix
ᎣᏍᏓ ᏱᏗᏅᏁᎯ ᏧᎾᏦᏙᏗ - maintenance vehicles
ᎾᏍᏊ - also
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏊ - as well as
ᏗᏂᏲᏟ - children
ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎤᎾᏦᏙᏗ - school bus
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬ - Cherokee Boys Club
ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎢ - it came from
ᏗᎧᎸᎬ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏅᏗᎭ ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏗ Bio Diesel
ᏣᎳᎩ, NC ᏣᎳᎩ ᏃᏊ bio diesel ᎤᏂᎭ ᎨᏐᎵᏂ ᎠᏟᏍᏗᎢ ᏧᏂᎧᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᏃᏢᏒ ᏧᏂᎧᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏰᏟ
ᏧᎾᏦᏙᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏱᏗᏅᏁᎯ ᏧᎾᏦᏙᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏊ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎤᎾᏦᏙᏗ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎢ.
CHEROKEE, NC: Cherokee now has a
bio diesel gas pump at its filling station to
fuel up tribal transit and maintenance vehicles
as well as buses from the Cherokee
Boys Club.
Eastern Band Goes Green With Bio Diesel
Story Transcribed from "The Cherokee Phoenix"
