MMV - Notes on names

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on 3/23/03 9:58 PM, John Bailey at johnbonbailey at hotmail.com wrote:

>> 
>> Apparently Loon is an authentic clan name in Ojibwa.
>> 
>> <http://r.searchhippo.com/r3.php?i=3&q=ojibwa%2Fojibway%2Floon&u=http%3A%2F%
>> 2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fathens%2Facropolis%2F5579%2Fojibwa.html>
>> 
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
> 
> Too true, and reflecting my obvious lack of knowledge when it comes to
> Native American culture.
> 
> That said, I did find a traditional Ojibwa poem entitled The Loon Upon the
> Lake, (and Doctorow wrote a book entitled Loon Lake, haven't read it
> though):
> I looked across the water,
> I bent o'er it and listened,
> I thought it was my lover,
> My true lover's paddle glistened.
> Joyous thus his light canoe would the silver ripples wake.-
> 
> But no!-it is the loon alone-
> The loon upon the lake.
> Ah me! it is the loon alone-
> The loon upon the lake.
> 
> I see the fallen maple
> Where he stood, his red scarf waving,
> Though waters nearly bury
> Boughs they then were newly laving.
> I hear his last farewell, as it echoed from the brake.-
> 
> But no, it is the loon alone-
> The loon upon the lake,
> Ah me! it is the loon alone-
> The loon upon the lake.
> 
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Thanks for the poem. Apparently, my Ojibwa link to the culture and history
site at University of Minnesota was a bit complex. Let's try it this way.
<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5579/ojibwa.html>

Peace all,
Joe