Ogiciza Wakpa

Ogíciza Wakpá is an Assiniboine name for the Battle River, which flows east across the northern Plains to the North Saskatchewan River. Its valley passes through prairie and aspen parkland, and its confluence with the larger river has long been a meeting place. Nakoda bands hunted bison and made winter camps along the Battle River. Cree speakers also gave the river a name referring to fighting, recorded by a fur trader in 1770.