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 – Battlefords













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