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Customized a Speaking Rain doll this week ♡ she is Kaya's adopted sister (cousin) from the books, and she is visually impaired
I re-beaded one of Kaya's meet dresses to better match Speaking Rain's (few) illustrations and overall personality, and I gave her Séliš-style braided loops since she splits her time between the two tribes. I've ordered her a new wig so that she looks a bit more different from Kaya, and I'll post her again after the swap!
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Light On The Water's tikéˀs, illustration from Kaya's Hero

tikéˀs (cradleboard), circa 1846, Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection via Plateau Peoples' Web Portal

What's really cool about this tikéˀs is that when it was returned to the Nez Perce people in 1996, there was already a dress in the collection with a matching design. It is theorized that both the dress and tikéˀs were made by the same woman, as a matching mother and baby set.

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Kaya’aton’my’s Series – Nimiipuu Names

While we have a pretty good shot at guessing Two Hawks’s name, I wanted to make a list of the most likely names for the Nimiipuu/Nez Perce characters in Kaya’s series, as a few Nimiipuutímt dictionaries are available.

Even as a kid, I always wondered what everyone’s name was in their actual language, as all but Kaya’s names are translated to their English meaning. I see why this was done– the English-speaking children that make up the target audience would likely be confused by an abundance of names they’d have trouble pronouncing– but even then I do wish to know the names of the characters we all hold so dear.

This is the dictionary I was able to use. I’ll also cite it properly at the bottom of the post. I also utilized nimipuutimt.org, which was incredibly helpful and includes video lessons as well as grammar lessons.

However,

Disclaimer: I am an English-speaking white girl. While I’m using as many official dictionaries as I can, I will likely fuck up grammar on occasion.
Most importantly I will likely fuck up grammar/sentence structure due to my low education in this field; I also have trouble deciphering how (or if) one changes a word when it switches structure; for instance, a verb becoming an adjective. There is information on this on nimiipuutimt.org, but I’m afraid I have not been very good at translating it from English properly.
As such, I will provide each word separately, but not make any definitive claims on word order. I have everything under the cut so that I can keep everything updated should new information come in or should I become more confident in translation.
If anyone who can speak Nimiipuutímt would like to add anything, please for the love of everything do so, your input would obviously be way more useful than mine.

So. Let’s begin.

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Two Hawks’s Name

So. I got curious about what Two Hawks’s name would be in his own language. I mean, I’m curious about what all of Kaya’s contemporaries would be named, but a few weeks ago I got hit with a strong desire to look into Two Hawks’s name specifically while doing research on the Salish nations.

As Two Hawks lives in the general Washington area, he would liikely use the Kalispel or Spokane dialect of his language. In both Kalispel and Spokane, “Esel” means “two,” but it was a bit hard to find a word for “hawk” or “hawks.”

So I ended up on native-languages.org, a non-profit organization site dedicated to the survival of Native languages. They have a specific page in which you can email their experts and request to know a word in exchange for a $10 donation. So I did send them a request, telling them that a character in a book I liked was named “Two Hawks” in the Salish Kalispel-Spokane language and I would like to know what his name would be.

They actually did respond to it, which I’m very excited about! I’m posting the email they sent to me below w/ a transcription under it. (Note: I wasn’t sure if Ms Redish’s email was from the site or personal? So to be safe I blacked it out). The tl;dr is there’s three possibilities for Two Hawks’s name, which is very exciting!

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Well, the Salish word for "Two" is "esel," but there are several different words for hawks in Salish. A fish hawk or osprey is c'ixʷc'xʷ. It's very typical of Salish words to be eye-popping tongue-twisters like this, the Salishan languages are considered to be among the most difficult in the world for English speakers to pronounce. The c' is pronounced like the "ts" in "cats" but with a clicking sound, and the "xʷ" sounds a bit like the "hw" sound you might make blowing out a candle. So c'ixʷc'xʷ is pronounced a little like tseets only with extra clicking and guttural blowing sounds. A red-tailed hawk is c'lc'lšmu, which is easier to pronounce, it sounds a little like chull-chull-shmoo only with clicks.
A sparrow hawk or falcon is the easiest to say, Aatat (pronounced ah-tot.) So this character's name could have been something like Esel C'ixʷc'xʷ, Esel C'lc'lšmu, or Esel Aatat.
Hope that is interesting to you, have a good day! Laura Redish Native Languages of the Americas

Everyone say thank you Laura Redish!!

What do you think is most likely to be Two Hawks’s name? Personally I think Esel C'lc'lšmu is the most likely, as I feel the translated name would have reflected it if he was named after an osprey or falcon, but any of them are possible.

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Kaya’aton’my’s Campsite – Sims 4

Inspired by an illustration in Welcome to Kaya’s World of a Summer Nimiipuu camp, I made a lot for my Kaya family to live on! It includes a river for fishing, several trees, and three “tipi tent” houses!

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  • No CC!
  • Meant for a 65x65 lot. Pictures are from Henford-on-Bagley.
  • Lot Traits include Bracing Breezes to add a skill to Kaya’s wellness and energy, Breeding Ground to increase chances of puppies, and Eco Lot, along with the Off-the-Grid challenge.
  • I did my best to be accurate to the biome and exterior; unfortunately there’s not a lot I can do about the interiors with the limited base game items. I designed one tipi to be Kaya’s family tipi with a bed for each family member, a tipi for indoor eating, and one for dancing, but the latter areas are quite empty and can easily be customized!
  • We have a horseshoe throwing area, guitars, woodworking and archeology benches, swingset and wooden dollhouse.
  • Each tipi has a campfire, with an outdoor BBQ Searer near the garden.
  • The garden is growing several Trees of Emotions, Taro Roots, Valerian Roots, Kava Shrubs, and Carrots. I tried to get blueberry bushes in but got bored of trying to find them so I added the Emotion Trees.
  • The river is fishable, as fishing’s a large part of Nimiipuu hunting! It of course has salmon, but also has bass, perch, trout and walleye! It’s also got a few swans swimming around...

Gallery ID: blackwoodsis.

build is also tagged under #americangirl, #americangirls, and #kayaatonmy

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