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