Mirixubaash

Mirixubáash is a Hidatsa name associated with the Devils Lake country of northeastern North Dakota. This broad lake and its surrounding wetlands lie in a prairie basin whose water level changes over time. Hidatsa traditions place their people in the region before their movement southwest toward the Missouri River, where they established villages near the Mandan. The lake is also known by the Dakota name Minnewaukan, or sacred water.