Sahaiʔa

Sahą́ı̨́ʔą English Alternative forms en Sahai'a Proper noun en female Chipewyan. en Sahą́ı̨́ʔą. en Rachel Browne What’s in a name? A Chipewyan’s battle over her native tongue w:Maclean's https://macleans.ca/society/life/all-in-the-family-name/ 2015-03-12 One of the big challenges, it turns out, is the government itself. Last week, Shene Catholique-Valpy, an Aboriginal woman born and raised in the Northwest Territories, spoke out publicly about her year-long fight to have the the traditional Chipewyan spelling of her daughter’s name, Sahaiʔa May Talbot, on her birth certificate. Sahaiʔa roughly translates to: “As the sun breaks through the clouds or over the horizon.” And the symbol, which resembles a question mark without the dot, called a glottal stop, indicates the correct pronunciation and meaning; without it, the name is incorrect. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313042003/http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/all-in-the-family-name/ 2015-03-13 en Hilary Bird Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act w:CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-aboriginal-font-official-id-1.3630353 2016-06-13 Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents. https://web.archive.org/web/20160613150454/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-aboriginal-font-official-id-1.3630353 2016-06-13