Bde Maka Ska
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dakota Bdé Makhá Ská (“Lake White Earth”); see bdé, makhá, and ská.
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Bde Maka Ska
- A lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota; more commonly known by its former official name, Lake Calhoun.
- 2016 March 8, Jon Lurie, “Reclaiming Bde Maka Ska for the Future Generations”, in The Circle News:
- 2017 November 28, Timothy Hennum, “Bde Maka Ska/Lake Calhoun: True, we can't change history, but we can chart change”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune:
- We should erect side-by-side plaques on the shore of Bde Maka Ska (formally Lake Calhoun).
- 2018 January 19, Sameer Rao, “Minnesota Changes Lake Calhoun to Original Dakota Name, Bde Maka Ska”, in ColorLines magazine:
- The downtown skyline is seen from across Bde Maka Ska after a snow storm December 12, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.