Naming Places
![Satellite image showing markers for names places on the land. These are Cree place names and there are 944 of them.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/la-vie-est-une-expedition_life-is-an-expedition/wp-content/uploads/sites/62/2018/03/placenames3-page-001.jpeg)
Map: Genevieve Reid and Anthony Georgekish
Date: February 2018
This map shows how well Wemindji people know their land. The orange markers indicate named places. These are just a few of them. Every lake, river, hill is known and named. Old names are sometimes forgotten but over 900 places names have been recorded in recent years.