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