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I have a map of Indigenous place names in what is now called Canada. Most are practical, as you’d expect, either a physical description (at the sandy depression, rapids with a lot of rocks) or what resources could be found there (where the outcropping contains some flint, abundance of fish). 1/
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Aglirnaqtug = Where there are spirits (northern Manitoba) K’aleta tatl’a = K’ale’s father bay (NWT). Unlike settlers they almost never named places after themselves. Who was K’ale?
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Ahogahogalik ahungahinahungalik = Place where the giant knelt down after crossing to the mainland up to his waist (Arctic islands)
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Tammarvik = Where you make a mistake (Nunavut) Ikaaqturirrat = Here Inuit chased Tunit crossing from island to island (Nunavut)
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Inukjuak = A long time ago, the land was heavily populated (Quebec on shore of Hudson Bay). I wonder how many of these names were actually just the answer given when a European asked the name, like Canada actually just meaning many huts
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But some point to great stories and I’ll share some today. Manitu-urshu = Evil creature mountain (Labrador)
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