Minidoka is a name of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water". It is a name shared by several geographic locations in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho in the United States: Minidoka, Idaho, a town in Minidoka County Minidoka County, Idaho Minidoka Dam, located north of Acequia, Idaho Minico High School (also known as Minidoka County High School), near Rupert, Idaho Minidoka National Forest, a former U.S. national forest Minidoka National Historic Site, an American concentration camp where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II Minidoka Project, an irrigation project Minidoka Ranger District, a district of Sawtooth National Forest Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M, an Edgar Rice Burroughs novella first published in 1998 See also