Living in a small community I am looking for some one to help me with learning traditional childbirthing. Since I just had my little one I am looking to help...
Isn't "miksew" a Cree word? (though I have no idea what it may mean). If Ojibwe, yes, "'mik" is "amik(wag)" to mean "beaver(s)" because in Cree (at least I...
after searching on the net i found that the park is called mikisew which is cree for eagle which is usually spelled with an iw ending and sounds out as a long...
OK, that makes sense for "mikisiw" to mean "eagle" in Cree. "Mikisiw" in the "Northern Spelling" is "Migiziw" in the "Southern Spelling", which in Ojibwe's...
Have anyone heard of these animals in Ojibwe? Or are these animals more Oji-Cree or Cree rather than Ojibwe? aamoo-bineshiinh(yag) hummingbird amikoshiib(ag)...
... <cjlippert@h...> wrote: ... (ak), ... Aaniin Charlie, If that was your question? Yes, the Plains Cree word is indeed 'mikisiw' , with plural 'mikisiwak'...
... I thought that 'ginoozhe' is the kind of fish called "pike", not just any fish. East Cree uses the related form 'chinusheu' also for "pike"; for "fish(es)"...
Miigwech Kees. I really do appreciate your input. I do learn the nitty-gritties here. ... "Ginoozhe" in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin is a "pike" but ...
Anyone know the word for osprey? i have 2 but there are more... aashkmegwe & pichigigwaney ===== "There are Mishomis and Nokomis in the children, teach them...
The word for "osprey" I know of is "abiskway(ag)"... which is Oji- Cree, I believe. However, I have heard some people use "bibikwenh(yag)"... though, I am...
Just on a hunch because I have heard it used for osprey, I looked in the Baraga English section for "fish-hawk" and it was there with the Ojibwe word being: ...
FreeLang Ojibwe dictionary has the following: Nakawewinini(wag) --- Saulteaux person Nakawewininiikwens(ag) --- Saulteaux girl However, I think one of the...
Does anyone know any rug a roo stories that they would like to share? My Great Grandmother told us stories when we were lil injuns and my memory is a lil...
Aaniin, The osprey question send me on a bird hunt in the Baraga dictionary, and something odd came up with (other?) fish-eating birds, viz. "Fisher" and...
In the North American continent, we have 3 different types of kingfishers... of which only the Belted Kingfisher is found in Anishinaabewakiing... and yes,...
Aannii, I was wondering if anyone has any stories of how their grandfathers overcame the prejudices and the social stigmas of their environment to preserve...
Prejudices and stigmas not everywhere and at any time, I guess. In the 2nd half of the 19th century on Manitoulin Island: "Instead, the chiefs chose to write...
"Isle Royale...the Indian name of which is Minong" In this 1852 translation I'm struggling thru, the German-Austrian writer mentions Isle Royale and it is one...
As a long time sufferer of Lupus I was wondering if there were many natives that have the disease. It has been a popular belief that it runs thru many native...
The term "bakegamaa" literally means a "side lake" and refers to a lake that juts off the side of another body of water, wheither that be another lake or a...
Boozhoo Just a question question for the group. I raised on the Lac Courte Oreilles Rez near Hayward, Wis. I am trying to teach my seven year old daughter....
Hello Victor My Grandmother and my father's generation were all born by 1940. My Grandmother and all of my Aunts were take into the mission schools, where as...
Well, LCO dialect *isn't* the same as that found in Mille Lacs (which the "Ojibwewi Ikidowinan" and its successor "Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe" heavily...
Plenty to think about from that post! Thanks! Could bakegamanaa[ng] be more-or-less literally translated as: bake (baagwaa?) = shallow(?) gama = body of water...
Is there anyone willing to record each of the sounds of the language and make a directory in the website to store these where others could hear the alphabet? I...
Ah neen miinawaa Miigwech for the information. My grandother raised us there, but she was oringinally from St Croix. I think the audio database would be so ...
Boozhoo, My grandmother went through a similar experience with the boarding school. Her father was shot and killed in front of her when she was 5 and they took...
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