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KUOW - She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier


She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier
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For as long as she can remember, Danita Bilozaze knew that the name on her birth certificate, Danita Loth, didn t reflect her Indigenous identity.
From the stories her mother recounted to her, she knew that Catholic missionaries had changed her family s name. Her great-grandfather, a man known as Lor Bilozaze, was written into priests logs as Loth Bilozaze. Government record books in Canada ultimately dropped the Bilozaze, and Loth became their surname.
She never felt a connection with that name. But Bilozaze, which means the makers in her native Denesuline language, she said, is integral to the preservation of her identity and culture as a member of the Cold Lake First Nations. ....

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