Name in First Nations and Native American Languages
The Hudson's Bay blanket was called by different names in Native American languages. Some examples are:
- baahlaads gyaa'adaay, Haida language
- p̓a̱lx̱a̱lasǥa̱m, (oo-haa-las-gam), Kwak'wala
- ʔa·q̓unaq, (a-qhoo-nakh), Kutenai language
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