The way I understand it, it is an Indian (shall I say Native?) term that means "land where no man can jump to his death."


>>By the way, most of the French people I know come from Saskatchewan.
>>(And who knows what Saskatchewan means?)
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>Saskatchewan comes from "kisiskatchewan", the word the Plains Indians used to describe the main waterway, which means "the river which flows swiftly."
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>:)