WATER – INTERMEDIATE
Instructions: Click the water droplets on the map to learn Indigenous place names across what is now Canada.
Nunavut - Our Land
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Chilliwack – Going back up
Coast Salish
Wâpamon Sakahikan - Wabamun Lake – Mirror
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nôtinitosîpîhk – Battleford
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Kisiskâciwani-sîpiy - Saskatchewan River - Swift-flowing river
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Misâskwatômina - Saskatoon - Saskatoon berry
Kipahikanihk - Qu’Appelle - The river that calls
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Opâskwêyâw - The Pas - Narrow between high banks
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nîsochiwan sipi - Echimamish River - Water flowing both ways
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Winipek - Winnipeg - Dirty water where the alders grow
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Kahionhakowa - Grand River - Willow River for the many willows in the watershed
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Oshawa - The crossing place
Anishinaabe
nipiy kipahikan - Chibougamau - Where the water is shut in
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
K'jipuktuk - Halifax
Mi'kmaq
Mta’qanejk - Tignish River – Paddle Place
Mi'kmaq
KipukKak Bay - Frothy Water
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
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