Editing Saskatoon (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''Saskatoon'' (in {{langx|cr|sâskwatôn}} {{lang|cr|ᓵᐢᑿᑑᐣ}}, "Saskatoon" or the [[locative]]s: ''misâskwatôminihk'' {{lang|cr|ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᓂᕽ}}, lit: "at the saskatoon berry", ''misâskwatôminiskâhk'' {{lang|cr|ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᓂᐢᑳᕽ}}, "at the place of many saskatoon berries", ''mînisihk'' {{lang|cr|ᒦᓂᓯᕽ}} "at the berry") comes from the Cree inanimate noun ''misâskwatômina'' {{lang|cr|ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᓇ}} "[[saskatoon berry|saskatoon berries]]", which refers to the sweet, violet-coloured [[Amelanchier alnifolia|serviceberry]] that grows in the area.<ref name="eb">{{cite web |author1=Adam Augustyn |title=Saskatoon |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Saskatoon-Saskatchewan |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 September 2021 |date=2021}}</ref> However, the exact origin of the naming of the settlement is unclear. Founder [[John Neilson Lake|John Lake]] apparently told multiple stories, including the most famous, where in August, 1883 he was handed a handful of berries, told their name, and exclaimed, "Arise Saskatoon Queen of the North!" It is considered most likely that the name in fact derived from one already in use: ''manemesaskwatan'', or "the place where willows are cut," referring to the Cree practice of cutting saskatoon berry willows for arrow shafts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kerr |first=Donald C. |title=Saskatoon, the First Half-century |publisher=NeWest |year=1982 |isbn=9780920316375 |location=Edmonton |pages=4–5 |language=en}}</ref>