Editing Manitoba (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Manitoba''  possibly derives from either [[Cree language|Cree]] {{lang|cr|manitou-wapow}} or [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]]  {{lang|oj|manidoobaa}}, both meaning {{gloss|straits of [[Manitou]], the Great Spirit}}.<ref>{{vcite book|title=Native Americans State by State|author=Sapp, Rick|page=330||year=2018|publisher=Chartwell Books}}</ref> Alternatively, it may be from the [[Assiniboine language|Assiniboine]] {{lang|asb|minnetoba}}, meaning {{gloss|Lake of the Prairie}}<ref>{{vcite web|url=http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/prov_e.php#mb|title=Manitoba|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|accessdate=28 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604204017/http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/prov_e.php#mb|archivedate=4 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{vcite book|title=Strange Empire, a Narrative of the Northwest|author=Howard, Joseph Kinsey|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0873512985|page=192}}</ref> (the lake was known to French explorers as {{lang|fr|Lac des Prairies}}). The name was chosen by Thomas Spence for [[Republic of Manitobah|the new republic]] he proposed for the area south of the lake. [[Métis]] leader [[Louis Riel]] preferred the name over the proposed alternative of "Assiniboia". It was accepted in Ottawa under the ''[[Manitoba Act, 1870]]''.<ref>{{vcite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/louis_riel/pdf/origin_mb_name.pdf|accessdate=20 October 2013|publisher=Province of Manitoba|title=The Origin of the Name Manitoba|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319044125/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/louis_riel/pdf/origin_mb_name.pdf|archivedate=19 March 2013}}</ref>