Talk:Nokomis

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Nokomis is the grandmother of Hiawatha ONLY in Longfellow's poem, which does not conform to Native American tradition. The historical Hiawatha has nothing to do with Longfellow's poem. comments unsigned by User:Pgscholt

I sort of agree. The article can be re-worded much better to bring your point up, and yes, the historical Hiawatha was quite different from Nanabozho. However, if the name "Hiawatha" in Longfellow's poem was systematically replaced with the name "Nanabozho" and then taking away the Christian overtones, especially out of the last three chapters, yes, that poem is very much in the character of the aadizookaan, so in that sense, it does conform to Native American traditions. Well, your comment was made in April of 2006, the article was tagged for review in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America/Anishinaabe in November of 2006, and we are now just getting to that review. So, thank you for your patience. CJLippert 17:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)