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She shared the story of how she got her traditional name with CBC s
On The Coast listeners.
In 2008, at a memorial potlatch honouring her great uncle, she performed one of her stories, Woman In The Moon a story of a berry picker and the power of the moon, family and tradition.
Her cousin gave her the name afterward. Kung Jaadee said it s a name that grounds her and connects her to her ancestors. Our ancestors used to believe that we didn t fully become human beings until we were given our adult name, she said. The moon, every single time I see it, I have to stop and look at it … and remember the story of the berry picker in the moon, or moon woman story.