IninewCrow
Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.
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Cake day: June 13th, 2023
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There’s a reason why indigenous people called it Mississippi, a word that came from Ojibwe and Algonquin languages, which are related.
I speak my language of Ojibwe Cree in northern Ontario and it’s very clear for me to understand the word.
Mishi … is a word we use to describe something as big in size
Sipi … is the word for River, a major River, as opposed to a small creek or channel.
In my language and dialect, Mississippi literally translates to just ‘Big River’
And by the look of this map … it is definitely a ‘Big River’