The North Saskatchewan River is known by several Indigenous names:

• : kisiskâciwanisîpiy (also spelled kisiskâciwani-sîpiy), meaning "swift-flowing river" or "swift current"1345.

• : Omaka-ty, meaning "the big river"1245.

These names reflect the river's importance as a travel route, gathering place, and source of life for many Indigenous peoples, including the Cree, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Métis, and others345. The English name "Saskatchewan" is derived from the Cree name kisiskâciwanisîpiy12.

Citations:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Saskatchewan_River
2. https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton_archives/origins-of-naming-in-edmonton
3. https://www.swimdrinkfish.ca/north-saskatchewan-riverkeeper/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-north-saskatchewan-river
4. https://chrs.ca/en/rivers/north-saskatchewan-kisiskaciwani-sipiy-river
5. https://www.watercanada.net/alberta-section-of-north-saskatchewan-river-now-a-heritage-river/
6. https://www.creedictionary.com/search/index.php?q=kisisk%C3%A2ciwani-s%C3%AEpiy&scope=1&cwr=24970
7. https://chrs.ca/en/news/celebrating-north-saskatchewan-river-designation-and-watershed-alliance
8. https://cfweradio.ca/2024/03/24/16185/
9. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-first-nation-name-change-blackfoot-confederacy-stoney-nakoda-piikani-bow-river-1.4407664
10. https://www.o2design.com/north-saskatchewan-river
11. https://www.smokylakecounty.ab.ca/vertical/sites/%7B3BDB1FD6-2B94-455A-BF0C-6017519D4255%7D/uploads/FINAL_DESIGNATION_DOCUMENT.pdf
12. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saskatchewan-river
13. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stoney-nakoda-mini-thni-morley-name-1.7309775
14. https://www.glenbow.org/blackfoot/teacher_toolkit/english/culture/territory.html
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_River
16. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-names-of-rivers-and-lakes-in-canada
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakoda_people
18. https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=HANZE
19. https://banff.ca/indigenouspeoples
20. https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/south/writing-on-stone-pp/education-interpretation/blackfoot-glossary/

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