Sipiweske

Sipiweske is an Indigenous name associated with a great bend of the Souris River in southwestern Manitoba. The river winds east through a valley cut into the prairie before joining the Assiniboine. Its wooded banks contrast with the surrounding grassland, a country used for generations by Indigenous hunters. Fur traders later established posts in the wider area near the meeting of the Souris and Assiniboine rivers, drawing on routes and relationships already established across the plains.