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Wetaskiwin:
"Place of peace " (Cree)
Medicine Hat: "The headdress of a medicine man." This name possibly comes from the translation of saamis (Siksiksa)
Red Deer: This is a translation of was-ka-sioo which means "elk river" (Cree)
Fort Assiniboine: From the Cree word describing "Those who cooked by dropping hot stones in water" (Cree)
Ponoka: "Black elk" (Siksika)
Wabamun: "Mirror" (Cree)

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