a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Idaho and Wyoming who merged with the Shoshone in the 19th century, now living primarily in southeastern Idaho.
the language of the Bannock, belonging to the Shoshonean group of Uto-Aztecan languages.
before 1000; Middle English bannok, Old English bannuc morsel < British Celtic; compare Scots Gaelic bannach
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We will keep going back for the bannock tacos and the chance to eat in the Isken Hall, with windows all around overlooking the Lost Lake woods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Your selections include smoked salmon panini, venison chili, xuxem berry tea, dessert bars and bannock doughnuts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
My characters take it for granted that their roads are made of biodegradable foam, 3-D printers spit out biological tissue, trucks drive themselves, and there’s a popular chain of bannock cafés in northern Canada.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2017
She makes bannock, a traditional round-shaped fry bread that’s eaten plain or with spreadable treats such as dips, hummus, jellies or jam.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2015
She gave Omakayas a crust of bannock bread, a treat, and sent her ahead, although she stayed within sight should Omakayas need her.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
They found signs of Shoshone, Bannock, Crow and other Indigenous camps in every part of the basin.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022
He will not have to serve any more jail time after spending a year at the Bannock County Jail prior to his release in December.
From Fox News ● Jan. 5, 2022
The U.S. military created the nation’s first national park, Yellowstone, by forcibly removing Nez Perce, Bannock, Shoshone, Crow, and Blackfeet communities from their ancestral lands.
From Slate ● May 11, 2021
“I am telling you, I was in the total dark,” said Lorin Nielsen, the longtime sheriff of Bannock county, whose team of detectives responded to the Mansfield poisoning.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2020
Joey started the car and we drove into Bannock.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
Suddenly a keen-sighted warrior points to a dim speck far over the prairie toward the land of the Bannocks.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Balch, Frederic Homer
The Shoshonees and Bannocks are the only nations which, to my knowledge hunt together over the same ground.
From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.
The next morning the Bannocks broke camp, and vanished before the hoar frost had melted from the sage.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
It is noteworthy that contemporary Fort Hall informants still speak of the Oregon Paiute as Bannocks.
From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.
Bannocks o' bear meal, Cakes, barley Bannocks o' barley; Here's to the Highlandman's Bannocks o' barley.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
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