[PW] Re: Inuit for raccoon

[Daphne Drewello]

Jeffrey Pike wrote

> A patron just got an Alaska Malamute puppy with raccoon eyes and would
like
> to call her the Inuit or Aleut or a related tribe's name for raccoon. I
did
> some Google searches on Inuit, Aleut, and Eskimo +dictionary, but didn't
> find the word.
>

Your patron might be interested in this site

http://www.loomcom.com/raccoons/info/namesake.html

which gives various Native American names for raccoons based on their
physical/spiritual characteristics.


Daphne Drewello
Alfred Dickey Library
Jamestown, ND