means "good woman."  Derived from the Ojibwe words "min" (good) and "kwe" (woman).  Another definition is given as "place of the blueberries". 

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[Source: Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939; Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 16, 1948.]