eennu

Updated: May 9, 2025

There it is called the Lesser Slave River, but in the classic Cree its name is Iyaghchi Eennu Sepe, or the River of the Blackfeet, literally the "River of the Strange People." The lake itself bears the same name, and even now is never called Slave Lake by the Indians in their own tongue.

Charles Mair - Through the Mackenzie Basin: A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899