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Several different explanations are given for the common name Ojibwe.. from ojiibwabwe (/o/ + /jiibw/ + /abwe/), meaning "those who cook\roast until it puckers", referring to their fire-curing of moccasin seams to make them waterproof, [1] though some sources instead say this was a method of torture the Ojibwe implemented upon their enemies.
Ojibwe women artists (17 P) S. Ojibwe sportswomen (3 P) W. Ojibwe women writers (21 P) Pages in category "Ojibwe women" The following 6 pages are in this category ...
Shania is a feminine given name, popularized by country and pop singer Shania Twain. [1] [2] It is pronounced with the stress on the i, as in Mariah. [3]Twain, born Eilleen Regina Edwards, [4] adopted the surname of her stepfather, Gerald "Jerry" Twain, an Ojibwe, [5] and later changed her given name to "Shania" in his honour.
Munising – Ojibwe word "miinising" meaning "at the island". [48] [49] Township of Munising; Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people. Mohawk Lake; Nahma – Ojibwe word "name" meaning "sturgeon". Naubinway – from an Ojibwe phrase naabinwe meaning "it echoes". [50] Shared with Naubinway Island. Neahtawanta – Odawa word "neahtawauta ...
Consequently, the Ojibwa would speak not only of one's grandfather (nimishoomis) and grandmother (nookomis), father (noos) and mother (ningashi), or son (ningozis) and daughter (nindaanis), but also would speak of elder brother (nisayenh), younger sibling (nishiimenh), cross-uncle (nizhishenh), parallel-aunt (ninooshenh), male sibling of same ...
Bodéwadmi (without syncope: Bodéwademi), a cognate of Ojibwe "Boodewaadamii".It means "those who keep/tend the hearth-fire", which in this case refers to the hearth of the Council of Three Fires.
Dakota, Ojibwe, and Iowa people had no written language at the time these names were popularly adopted. One of the most common mispronunciations is that of the Dakota-language consonant "b", which is a combination of "m" and "b" consonants in English.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...