Mihkwakamiwi Sipiy

Mihkwâkamîwi-sîpiy is a Plains Cree name for the Red River of the North, literally “red-water river.” It flows north across a broad, exceptionally flat valley toward Lake Winnipeg. The river’s banks and tributaries link prairie, parkland and forest, and have long served Indigenous travellers. Near its meeting with the Assiniboine, the Forks became an important gathering and exchange place before European fur traders arrived.