ᒌᐸᔨ ᒣᔅᑲᓇᐤ cîpayi-meskanaw
(noun, inanimate)
(folklore, obsolete)
the path of the souls, believed to be the path taken by the souls of the dead on their way to the afterlife and traditionally identified as the Milky Way
Examples
ᑖᐺ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐤ ᐁ ᑮ ᐱᒪᐦᐋᒣᑦ ᐆᒪ ᒌᐸᔨ ᒣᔅᑲᓇᐤ᙮ ᑮ ᐐᐦᑕᒪᐌᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐃᓕᓕᐗ ᑖᓂ ᐁᔑᓈᑾᐦᒃ ᒌᐸᔨ ᒣᔅᑲᓇᐤ᙮
Truly he reported that he had walked along this path of the souls. In fact, he told people how this path of the souls looks.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
References
synonympilesîwi-meskanaw, wehwewi-meskanaw