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ᐋᔥᑐᓈᓈᐤ aashtunaanaau
[vai]
N
s/he holds snowshoes front and back ends opposite each other (when a person leaves her/his home with a new pair of snowshoes for the first time s/he holds the ends opposite each other because people believed that the person will always return home safely)

ᐧᐋᔅᐧᑳᐦᑖᒥᐧᐄᔥᑎᐆ waaskwaahtaamiwiishtiuu
[vii]
N
it is the back of the beaver lodge inside directly opposite from the entrance

ᐊᒋᐦᒋᔥᐧᑫᔑᓐ achihchishkweshin
[vai]
S
s/he falls head first; s/he sleeps without having enough pillows, with head falling back

