Nivi has always known that her names are special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom how she got her names. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an understanding of traditional Inuit naming practices and knowledge of what those practices mean to Inuit. How Nivi Got Her Names is an easy-to-understand introduction to traditional Inuit naming, with a story that touches on Inuit custom adoption [an adoption in which a pregnant woman provides her child to someone who needs a child].
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Adoption, Bi/multilingual, LGBTQIAP2S
Settings: Arctic, Canada, Northern America, Nunavut
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Inuit
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Character Prominence: Joint Main