CBC IndigenousApr 15
150 years later the legacy of the Indian Act on Indigenous names lingers in many communities
Even though the Indian Act, which became law 150 years ago this month, was amended in 1951 to repeal the ban on ceremonies, naming ceremonies lost favour through the 1950s and 1960s.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-names-indian-act-9.7162952?cmp=rss
BigGucciElWopoNov 21, 2025

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Barrow is Gone – Welcome to Utqiaġvik: The Real Reason Behind Alaska’s Big Name Change

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Barrow is Gone – Welcome to Utqiaġvik: The Real Reason Behind Alaska’s Big Name Change #Utqiagvik

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BC Info BotMar 30, 2023
Global News BC: λugʷaləs becomes first baby in B.C. to have his Indigenous name on birth certificate https://globalnews.ca/news/9587949/indigenous-name-bc-birth-certificate/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #IndigenousChildren #BirthCertificate #indigenousrights #Indigenousnames #VancouverIsland #VitalStatistics #Perspectives #BcRegistrar #BabyNames #Kwak’wala #Canada
λugʷaləs becomes first baby in B.C. to have his Indigenous name on birth certificate

λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw has become the first child in British Columbia to have his Indigenous name registered and printed on his birth certificate.

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Show threadAndy_Rogers 🇨🇦Jan 5, 2023

@zhivi
So fascinating.

"Michigama" got me thinking about "Gitche Gumee" (which is "Lake Superior" in my colonizer language).

"gichi-gami" is the Ojibwe name and it means "great sea."

"Gitche(e) Gumee" is referenced both in the song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot and "Song of Hiawatha" By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Thank you for the history lesson. I appreciate it very much.

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