Assiniboin
Americannoun
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a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.
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the Siouan language spoken by the Assiniboin.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Assiniboin
First recorded in 1675–85; from Canadian French Assiniboine, from Ojibwe (Saulteaux dialect) assini·-pwa·n literally, “stone Sioux” (equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian aʔsenyi “stone” + unattested pwa·θa “enemy tribesman”)
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Assiniboin, Cree and Mandan were among the tribes who lived in high style before the European invaders manifested their destiny.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fort Union served as a linchpin in John Jacob Astor's lucrative beaver-fur and buffalo trade with the Assiniboin, Crow and Blackfeet Indians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Closely allied and associated with these were the Atsina, a branch of the Arapaho, but who later became incorporated with the Assiniboin.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
Kurz 50 24. a, b, Near Fort Laramie, 1868. c, "A skin lodge of an Assiniboin chief."
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
At this time the nearest English trading-post was at the forks of the Assiniboin, about one hundred and fifty miles distant by the way of Mouse River.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
Careful study of the script reveals that he is referring to a tribe of Indians called the Assiniboins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Assiniboins were horse Indians and buffalo hunters.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
They had had no adventure of moment; neither was there cause for immediate anxiety, save as they observed signs of the Assiniboins.
From Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by Lighton, William R. (William Rheem)
Fort Union is built in the territory of the Assiniboins, of whom a certain number generally live there.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
The Assiniboins are divided into the following branches or bands: 1.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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