WATER – BEGINNER

Instructions: Click the water droplets on the map to learn Indigenous place names across what is now Canada.

Water – Beginner – EN
Wâpamon Sakahikan - Wabamun Lake – Mirror Chilliwack – Going back up Nôtinitosîpîhk – Battlefords Kipahikanihk - Qu’Appelle - The river that calls Winipek - Winnipeg - Dirty water where the alders grow Nîsochiwan sipi - Echimamish River - Water flowing both ways Opâskwêyâw - The Pas - Narrow between high banks Kisiskâciwani-sîpiy - Saskatchewan River - Swift-flowing river Kahionhakowa - Grand River - Willow River for the many willows in the watershed tkaronto - Toronto - Trees standing in water Oshawa - The crossing place nipiy kipahikan - Chibougamau - Where the water is shut in Mta’qanejk - Tignish River – Paddle Place K'jipuktuk - Halifax KipukKak Bay - Frothy Water Nunavut - Our Land

Wâpamon Sakahikan - Wabamun Lake – Mirror

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family

Chilliwack – Going back up

Coast Salish


Nôtinitosîpîhk – Battlefords

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family

Kipahikanihk - Qu’Appelle - The river that calls

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)

Algonquian Language Family

Winipek - Winnipeg - Dirty water where the alders grow

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)

Algonquian Language Family

Nîsochiwan sipi - Echimamish River - Water flowing both ways

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)

Algonquian Language Family

Opâskwêyâw - The Pas - Narrow between high banks

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)

Algonquian Language Family

Kisiskâciwani-sîpiy - Saskatchewan River - Swift-flowing river

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)

Algonquian Language Family

Kahionhakowa - Grand River - Willow River for the many willows in the watershed

Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)

Iroquoian Language Family

tkaronto - Toronto - Trees standing in water

Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)

Iroquoian Language Family

Oshawa - The crossing place

Anishinaabe

nipiy kipahikan - Chibougamau - Where the water is shut in

Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family

Mta’qanejk - Tignish River – Paddle Place

Mi'kmaq

K'jipuktuk - Halifax

Mi'kmaq

KipukKak Bay - Frothy Water

Inuktitut

South Qikiqtaaluk

Nunavut - Our Land

Inuktitut

South Qikiqtaaluk