Short version: A long time and close Native American friend ( female ) was killed by a drunk driver several years ago on Christmas eve, coming back from shopping for her children. This was her name.
He walked away with out a scratch.
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Pocahontas (c.1595 – March 21, 1617) was a Virginia Indian princess notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown in present-day Virginia. She was converted to Christianity and married the English settler John Rolfe. After they traveled to London, she became famous in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh, better known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan (to indicate his primacy), who headed a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah by the Powhatan). These tribes made up what is known as the Powhatan Chiefdom and were part of the Algonquian language family.[1]
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fierofool Member
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Short version: A long time and close Native American friend ( female ) was killed by a drunk driver several years ago on Christmas eve, coming back from shopping for her children. This was her name.
I'm sorry to hear that. Pretty name though.
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He walked away with out a scratch.
This is usually the case.
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Boondawg Member
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Denali (The High One) is the Native (Athabascan) American word for North America's highest peak, Mount McKinley in the mountain chain called the Alaska Range. Denali was renamed Mount McKinley for William McKinley, a nominee for president, by the Princeton graduate and gold prospector, William Dickey. Dickey was one of the hundreds of prospectors seeking gold in the 1896 Cook Inlet stampede. He had written an article for the New York Sun where he described the mountain as the highest in North America at over 20,000 feet.
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kyunderdawg Member
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We named our Aussie puppy "India". We call her Indy, for short. It actually has nothing to do with Fieros. It was just a nickname that ended with the "long e" sound, that we both liked.
Of course, Tammy was the first to realize the total political incorrectness of the whole thing, since the dog has a dot on her head. We never even drew the connection until later.
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Gokart Mozart Member
Posts: 12143 From: Metro Detroit Registered: Mar 2003
Native names are given as an action the person or animal is seen doing. Didn't you see Dances With Wolves? Anyway, my brother had a little dog that pooped alot when it was young. His friends named it Moe-Moe which is Mohawk (I think) for poop.
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Tony Kania Member
Posts: 20794 From: The Inland Northwest Registered: Dec 2008
Getting a new pup and trying to decide on a Native American name for her.
I'm surprised that no one has yet suggested the most obvious American Indian name: Coyote (usually with the 'e' pronounced). Coyote, a trickster, is the principal character in hundreds of Native American stories and folk tales, and his behavior often provides an example of how humans should not live their lives. The scholarly book Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians, by Morris Edward Opler, alone includes more than 66 collected Coyote stories. (One example: Coyote Has Intercourse with his Mother-in-Law from Behind!)
Be careful with Indian names, though. One of our two West Highland White Terriers (a.k.a. Westies) is named Zuni, and he is something of a trickster himself. When he was younger he had a peculiar fascination with women's underwear. Whenever we had a female house guest, he would try to sneak into her room, snatch a bra or panties from her bags, and race joyfully through the house with them in his mouth. While we didn't intend naming our dog to be any kind of social statement, our Navajo friends usually think that a dog named Zuni it is a very funny joke (the Navajo and the Zuni are historical enemies), but on the other hand we have to self-consciously explain to our Pueblo (Zuni, Hopi, Santa Clara, etc.) friends that no insult is intended. So far no one has been seriously offended. One young woman, a Pawnee/Cheyenne married to a Santa Clara, even mailed Zuni some edible underwear as a gag gift after having a pair of her panties pilfered while they were staying with us.
Zuni ... with women's undies on his mind and/or on his breath
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Doug85GT Member
Posts: 9830 From: Sacramento CA USA Registered: May 2003
Had a friend once that named his dog You Son of a B1tch. Some folks got upset when he was out looking for him calling him by name. Come Here you.......Well, you get the idea.
I doubt this is indian but, I also doubt the dog speaks any of the native languages.
Ron
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Marvin McInnis Member
Posts: 11599 From: ~ Kansas City, USA Registered: Apr 2002
Had a friend once that named his dog You Son of a B1tch.
When my dad was a boy, one of their neighbors had named his dog "Dammit." The more straight-laced ladies in the neighborhood would always get upset when he went outside and called his dog: "Here Dammit! Here Dammit!"
We used to have about 6-8 cats that we called "ours". 2 were inside cats--we raised from kittens, never went outdoors, and they had real names. The rest were just strays that we fed and they stayed outside always, and we just called them "outside kitty". There was something always after them--owls, possum, bobcats, and one morning, I found 1 of them mangled in the yard. I buried it, and Jane asked that afternoon where the other 'outside kitty' was. I told her I had to rename it underground kitty. They all ended up with that same name eventually. Hard country for cats around here.
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blackrams Member
Posts: 32804 From: Covington, TN, USA Registered: Feb 2003
When my dad was a boy, one of their neighbors had named his dog "Dammit." The more straight-laced ladies in the neighborhood would always get upset when he went outside and called his dog: "Here Dammit! Here Dammit!"
Reminds me of that Bill Cosby show. Funny as hell. He thought his name was Jesus Christ and his brother was named Damnit until the age of 15. Cause, that's the way their Dad called them when he was ticked.
Ron
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We used to have about 6-8 cats that we called "ours". 2 were inside cats--we raised from kittens, never went outdoors, and they had real names. The rest were just strays that we fed and they stayed outside always, and we just called them "outside kitty". There was something always after them--owls, possum, bobcats, and one morning, I found 1 of them mangled in the yard. I buried it, and Jane asked that afternoon where the other 'outside kitty' was. I told her I had to rename it underground kitty. They all ended up with that same name eventually. Hard country for cats around here.
Yep, that's the way it is sometimes. Maybe you should have named them Bait? Of course, that assumes you were trying to catch something.
Ron
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I'm sorry to hear that. Pretty name though.
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That's funny, Tony. 
