Aln8ba8dwaw8gan

English Etymology en abe Aln8ba8dwaw8gan. Proper noun en Western Abenaki. en Ka’nhehsí:io Deer Restoration of 18th-century choir book in Abenaki language may help revitalization efforts w:CBC News 2019-07-20 https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/abenaki-language-choir-book-restoration-1.5216596 The manuscript was written in 1750 by Father Joseph Aubery, a Jesuit priest from France assigned to the Saint-François-de-Sales Roman Catholic mission from 1709 until he died in 1756. It's one of the few and earliest documents available in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628195610/https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/abenaki-language-choir-book-restoration-1.5216596 en Report on the Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec, 2022: Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs 2023 House of Commons, Canada 21 https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/parl/xc59-1/XC59-1-1-441-39-eng.pdf In a letter to Mr. Plamondon dated 10 January 2023, Denys Bernard, Director General of the Grand Council of the Waban-Aki Nation, said that the term “Aln8bak” translates to “human beings” or “Abenakis” in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language, and that the “8” is pronounced as a nasal “Ô” as in the sound “on.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250126085829/https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/parl/xc59-1/XC59-1-1-441-39-eng.pdf en Fisheries and Oceans Canada Multi-species Action Plan for the Richelieu River Watershed in Canada Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ottawa 2025 10 https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/mpo-dfo/CW69-21-76-2024-eng.pdf Masesoliantegw is the name currently given to the Richelieu River in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the language of the W8banakiak, and it means “river with a lot of silver.” However, the W8banakiak have known this river since time immemorial and it bore a number of distinct names throughout the eras.