Chipewyan
noun
a member of a First Nations tribe that inhabits northwestern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains.
Chipewyans
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pluralof Chipewyan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Chipewyans believed the cry was an omen of death.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moccasins of caribou skin, made by the Duck Lake Chipewyans, were on sale at Churchill.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
Here, the north-east wind is Lord Paramount, and the Crees and Chipewyans have long known that Death comes from his direction.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
It has had undoubtedly the same common origin with the Chipewyans, for their languages differ only in accent, and their mode of life is essentially the same.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
They were originally a tribe of the Chipewyans and, according to their own account, inhabited the south side of Great Slave Lake at no very distant period.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
