Obama's Crow name

[rgraczyk at AOL.COM]

It's pretty straight-forward.  awe' 'land' koota'a 'all over' bilaxpa'ak(e) 'people' kuxshi' 'help' sh 'definite article' 'helps people all over the land'


Sonny Black Eagle was a good man.  May he rest in peace.


Randy



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Can Randy or anyone on the list provide an analysis of the name below?
 
"... it was Black Eagle who bestowed upon Obama the Crow name Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuxshish that translates as, “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.'”


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