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Index of Subjects Paul, While Wikipedia needs to be taken with a grain of salt, since its democratic nature means it's often weakened with unedited mistakes, here's what it says about the First Nations origins of "Whiskey Jack": Wisakedjak (Wìsakedjàk in Algonquin, Wihsakecahkw in Cree and Wiisagejaak in Oji-cree) is the Crane Manitou found in northern Algonquian mythology, similar to the trickster god Nanabozho in Ojibwa aadizookaanan (sacred stories) and Inktonme in Assiniboine myth. He is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great flood which destroyed the world originally made by the Creator, as well as the one who created the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. His name is subject to many variant spellings, including Weesack-kachack, Wisagatcak, Wis-kay-tchach, Wissaketchak, Woesack-ootchacht, and undoubtedly others. It was sometimes Anglicized as Whiskey Jack, which became an alternate name for the Gray Jay. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pgould@staff.ednet.ns.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] National bird of Canada > My choice would be for the Gray Jay as well. I wonder what significance > it holds in Mi'kmaq culture? I did read somewhere that the name "Whiskey > Jack" is derived from the Cree's word for the bird. I cannot find the > article I read this in. > > > Paul Gould > Quinan, NS > > >
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