Alsea
Americannoun
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an Indigenous people originally of the western and coastal regions of Oregon.
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a member of this people.
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either of two closely related languages once spoken by this people.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Alsea Chief Financial Officer Rafael Grosskelwing noted that the second quarter was off to a strong start, with Easter week revenues soaring by a fifth versus the comparable prepandemic weekend of 2019.
From Reuters • May 20, 2022
Chaos, it turns out, is what you want for the coho salmon and other fish that use this tributary of the Alsea River.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021
“It is on the radar. Today we don’t have anything firm, but there are a couple of projects on the agenda,” said Alsea Chief Executive Renzo Casillo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2018
Japanese buoy with Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas found floating ashore of Alsea Bay, Oregon in 2012.
From The Verge • Sep. 28, 2017
The Alsea formerly dwelt in villages along both sides of Alsea River, Oregon, and on the adjacent coast.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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