Michichi

Michichi is a Cree name associated with the country of the Hand Hills in central Alberta. The hills rise above the surrounding prairie east of the Red Deer River, their slopes overlooking a landscape of coulees and grassland. The name has been linked to a Cree word for “hand,” as has the English name of the nearby hills. The Red Deer valley and the plains around it have long been part of Indigenous travel and hunting country.