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  2. List of Potawatomi ethnonyms - Wikipedia

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    This is a loose translation of Bodéwadmi.. Fire Nation – Schoolcraft, ibid., 206. Gens de Feu – Champlain (1616) Oeuvres, IV, 58, 1870; Sagard, Grande Voyage, I ...

  3. List of Ojibwa ethnonyms - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Shania (given name) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of Michigan placenames of Native American origin

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    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 ...

  6. Ojibwe - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the name Ojibwe is not known; the most common explanations for the name's origin are: ojiibwabwe (/o/ + /jiibw/ + /abwe/), meaning "those who cook/roast until it puckers", referring to their fire-curing of moccasin seams to make them waterproof. [ 10 ]

  7. List of fictional Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    Frog Girl: Girl travels through underground of frogs, saves her town, and sets free frogs that were captured. Paul Owen Lewis [18] The Yeehats The Call of the Wild: The Native American group. Jack London [citation needed] Grey Beaver White Fang: A Native American chief who is the first master of a wolfdog, White Fang. [citation needed] Hiawatha

  8. Westminster show dogs’ names are long and complicated - AOL

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    They have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle. Meet, for example, GCHG CH Calicops Sassafras Gonnakikurass. “She’s a saucy girl. Her name says it all,” Fred Ortiz ...

  9. Category:Ojibwe women - Wikipedia

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