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The story behind the name of Amach??w??spimawin comes from the Woodlands Cree language translated as, ''the cliffs where hunters shoot up their arrows'', which would determine the coming hunting season. Each family lived on their tradition hunting grounds, where they remained throughout the year. If the arrow failed to go over the cliff, this meant a year of bad luck.Before the establishment of the mission, Native people did not live in close proximity with each other. Traditionally, this meant one would have luck in journey, hunters would go to this site and it determined whether one would have a successful hunting season or not. If the arrow went over the cliff, before European contact, and also in the hunt. The Native Nordstrom Discount Code people were extremely self-sufficient in every possible way. They survived off the land; they hunted wild animals, collected berries, water foul, herbs and plants for medicines.