FIRE – BEGINNER
Instructions: Click on the stars to learn some of the Hall of Famers’ Indigenous names and words of love and motivation in Indigenous languages.
T’aih – Strength
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
huyqw - Fire
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
âhkameyihtamowin – Perseverance
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Sâkihiwêwin - Love
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Shakihi – Love
Michif (Métis)
Algonquian Language Family
Kanolukhwáhsla̲’ - Love
Oneida
Iroquoian Language Family
Tawaskamik ô iskwew - Waneek Horn-Miller - Centre of the Earth Woman
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Osâw kihîw - Golden Eagle - Chief Wilton Littlechild
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
temstl’í7s - Love
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
Opintowin - Lifting each other up, can also be understood as “to win”
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Mahihkan Pimohtêw - Chief Wilton Littlechild - Wolf Walker
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Karakwinontha - Waneek Horn-Miller - She brings the sun inside
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Sàn’ Tł’yaa Eniniint’aih – Milky Way Galaxy
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
xulsi’malt - Harry Manson - One who leaves his mark
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
Gagwe:gih - Tom Longboat - Everything
Onondaga
Ohnathakowa - Alwyn Morris - Tall standing pine/big pine
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family