USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Native American communities that used the river for transportation and food long before any European knew of its existence called the massive river “The Father of Waters, ” or Misi Sipi (Big River).

Detailed explanation-2: -The word Mississippi comes from Messipi, the French rendering of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Algonquin) name for the river, Misi-ziibi (Great River). The Mississippi River water source is fed by Lake Itasca in Northern Minnesota and flows all the way down into the Gulf of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Mississippi, ” derived from the French rendering of the Ojibwe name for the river, means “great river” or “gathering of waters.” For thousands of years, Native Americans used the Mississippi and its tributaries for transportation and fishing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Known today as Ol’ Man River, The Big Muddy, Old Blue, The Gathering of Waters and other nicknames, the name “Mississippi” comes from either the Ojibwe or Algonquin word “misi-ziibi, ” meaning Great River. The Mississippi River, beginning in Lake Itasca MN, runs 2, 341 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.