 For thousands of years the confluence has been a significant gathering place; It is where many world views have collided, forever changing the people and the place.In the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) language the word for the confluence is "mohkinstsis;" the îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney) word is "wîchîspa"; the Tsuut'ina (Sarcee) word is "guts’ists’i;" the Nehiyaw (Cree) word is "otoskwanik".Mayor Naheed Nenshi ("A'paistootsiipsii; Iitiya") states that,"There have always been people here.