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Tuesday, January 24, 2006




It took Brian and I until Monday to decide on a name. We wanted a name with some meaning, and ideally an Inuit name. We vito'd many of the names each of us thought were appropriate. We asked Linda's family if the Inuit names we found on the internet had the same meaning as was listed, and they weren't even close. It must have been a different dialect of Inuktitut. We finally agreed upon Kaden, an Arabic origin, which means "companion". The official name is
Kaden Brian Amosee Gillis. Amosee was a name chosen by Linda's grandmother and came from a deceased elder in the community. This is a tradition of Inuit to name a child after someone from the community who has passed on. Gender is not an issue in terms of the name given that child, nor is it an issue among peers.

The baby boots were given to us from Rachel and Travis Hoffe, who bought them from a local woman selling them at the restaurant. It is common practice for Inuit to go around to each table selling carvings, jewellery and other crafts. It can actually get a bit competitive in terms of seeing something on display at another table and knowing that if those people bought it, you were out of luck. We used to strategically place ourselves near the entry way so we would be one of the first tables to be approached. That's shopping for you!

Rowan, sorry, but Kaden I guess is a Toronto Maple Leafs fan! He was wearing these socks when I met him. Aren't you proud Adrian and Jim?

1 Comments:

Blogger maryanne said...

Kaden is a lovely name! what a beautiful little boy! I can't wait to see him in person. Don't forget to let me know when you'll be back in Ottawa so I can arrange the car seat

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