How Nivi Got Her Names Mohawk Language In Spirit of the White

In Spirit of the White Bison

the 1969 White Paper

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kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words by author Melanie Florence

How Nivi Got Her Names Mohawk Language In Spirit of the WhiteIn the picture book How Nivi Got Her Names, Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. One sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an understanding of traditional Inuit naming practices and knowledge of what those practices mean to Inuit. How Nivi Got Her Names is an easy to understand introduction to traditional Inuit naming, with a