Mokowan

Mokowan is a Blackfoot word associated with the Belly River, which rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows northeast across southern Alberta. Its name has been interpreted as “stomach,” giving rise to the English river name. The Belly joins the St. Mary River and then the Oldman, carrying mountain water into the prairie. Its valleys and the surrounding grasslands were part of the homeland of the Blackfoot peoples, who followed bison across the plains.