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BRANCH 10: FAMILY

Here are some family terms. The best way is to start associating the names of people in your family to each term. If you have pictures of them, write the Penobscot term below them and practice with them. Family terms can get very specific and gender based, so for now we will stick with the basic family members.


nəmohsoməss

my grandfather

 

nohkəməss

my grandmother

nəmihtαkʷəss

my father

 

nohkəm

my father's sister

nəničαləkʷ

my father's brother

nikawəss

my mother

nəkisis

my mother's sister

nəsahsis

my mother's brother

 


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September 14, 1853

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau meets and hires Joseph Attean to guide him into the Maine woods.