A Cree term for “aurora borealis,” or Northern Lights. Many Anishnabe believe that the Wawahtew are the spirits of their ancestors, dancing and celebrating.
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Wawahtew Term Timeline in Three Day Road
The timeline below shows where the term Wawahtew appears in Three Day Road. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Noohtaawiy: My Father
...but no animals, and he feared they would soon starve. During the cold nights, the Wawahtew would wake the baby and she would scream with hunger.
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Kipwahakan: Captive
...in that bush that is as real, as alive as the flashing glow of the Wawahtew.” But the Hudson’s Bay Company “instilled in the Cree a greed for furs that nearly...
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