Nokomis
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Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Longfellow's poem, The Song of Hiawatha, which is a re-telling of the Nanabozho stories. Nokomis is an important character in the poem, mentioned in the familiar lines.
Lake Nokomis is a lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lake was named after Longfellow's character.
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