Owámniyomni, a Dakota Name for “St. Anthony Falls”
Owámniyomni, a Dakota name for “St. Anthony Falls,” means turbulent water, whirlpool, eddy. To Dakota people the Mississippi River has a few names, one is ȟaȟáwakpá – the river of the falls, a name that reveals the importance of the waterfall.
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University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
2016-10-01
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https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/owamniyomni-a-dakota-name-for-st-anthony-falls/
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