Minidoka
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Minidoka is a name of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water".[1] It is a name shared by several geographic locations in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho in the United States:
- Minidoka County, Idaho
- Minidoka, Idaho, a town in Minidoka County
- Minidoka Dam, located north of Acequia, Idaho
- Minico High School (also known as Minidoka County High School), near Rupert, Idaho
- Minidoka National Historic Site, an American concentration camp in Jerome County, Idaho, where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II
[edit] References
- ^ THE NAME “MINIDOKA”,IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY REFERENCE SERIES, Number 34, January 1995
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