Assiniboine

American  

[uh-sin-uh-boin] / əˈsɪn əˌbɔɪn /

noun

1. a river in southern Canada, flowing south and east from southeastern Saskatchewan into the Red River in southern Manitoba. 450 miles (725 km) long.

2. Mount Assiniboine, a mountain in eastern British Columbia, Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, on the Alberta border and the Continental Divide. 11,870 feet (3,618 meters).

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Assiniboine ¹ British  

/ əˈsɪnəˌbɔɪn /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

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Assiniboine ² British  

/ əˈsɪnɪˌbɔɪn /

noun

1. a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)

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Example Sentences

More encouraging still, tribes in Montana – Blackfeet Nation, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, and South Dakota's Rosebud Sioux – have reintroduced bison to the northern Great Plains to revive the prairie ecosystem, tackle food insecurity and lessen the impacts of climate change.

From Salon

Other Indigenous languages, too, reflect an initial unfamiliarity with the beasts: Blackfeet called them “elk dogs,” Comanche “magic dogs,” the Assiniboine “great dogs.”

From Science Magazine

Pté's latest project is a four-mile trail that would wind through the 15,000-acre pasture, dotted with benches and storytelling stations where visitors could learn about the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux tribes' relationship with buffalo.

From Salon

“It’s a long-standing tradition of front-line folks having to leave the fights in their own communities … to go and advocate for themselves in D.C.,” said Falcon, an enrolled citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Nations.

From Washington Post

Instead, they identified the children as members of the Spokane, Colville, Assiniboine and other tribes.

From Seattle Times