Thanks to Solomon Ratt for this snowshoe diagram and terminology!
| amahk | ᐊᒪᕽ | weaving needle for snowshoe |
| asâmak | ᐊᓵᒪᐠ | snowshoes; |
| asâmahtik | ᐊᓵᒪᐦᑎᐠ | snowshoe frame |
| atipisa | ᐊᑎᐱᓴ | finer lacing of snowshoes; |
| atimana | ᐊᑎᒪᓇ | snowshoe straps; |
| askimiwina | ᐊᐢᑭᒥᐏᓇ | foot netting of snowshoes; |
| askimana | ᐊᐢᑭᒪᓇ | main thongs that connect netting with snowshoe. |
| koskosk | ᑯᐢᑯᐢᐠ | a snowshoe bar |
| nôtimîw | ᓅᑎᒦᐤ | s/he walks without snowshoes |
| osîto | ᐅᓰᑐ | heel of snowshoe |
| pisimaniyâpiya | ᐱᓯᒪᓂᔮᐱᔭ | fine caribou hide lacings for snowshoes |
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This makes me smile. When I was a child, living in Churchill, Manitoba, my Mom signed me up for Brownies, sort of against my will. But my Dad sat me down with the Brownie Handbook and we looked through it together to see what Brownie badges I could work on. I grew a little dispirited as we turned the pages. Horsemanship? Tennis? And then finally, snowshoeing! And that was the Brownie badge I got. Just that one. I had to learn those snowshoe parts in English. If only my Dad had known how to teach me those words in Cree. Thank you, Solomon and Arden, for brightening a long winter day.
I took my students snowshoeing today. Waaaaaah, they had a fun time! Mino kikasamehtew!