We traveled along the St. Lawrence Seaway and around the Great Lakes, both north and south, until we came to that place where manoomin, wild rice, grows in the water. Among the eastern Algonquian peoples located north of the Abenaki areas, a similar character to Nanabozho existed called Tcakabesh in the Algonquin language, Chikapash among the eastern James Bay Crees, Chaakaapaas by the Naskapi, Tshakapesh in the Innu language and Tcikapec in Atikamekw language, changing to various animal forms to various human forms (adult to child) and to various mythical animals such as the Great Porcupine, or Big Skunk. [5] Thus Nanabush takes many different forms in storytelling, often changing depending on the tribe. American Indian nations,