Kutenai
or Ku·te·nay
[ koot-n-ey, -n-ee ]
noun
a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.
the language of the Kutenai Indians.
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How to use Kutenai in a sentence
Then at last they listened to the words of the Kutenai woman.
Jack in the Rockies | George Bird GrinnellNow on the bank of the river there was a camp of Kutenai Indians.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellEven today the lower Kutenai are noted for their water-tight baskets of split roots.
The Red Man's Continent | Ellsworth HuntingtonIn addition, note that the Kutenai (also called Skalzi) are a distinct linguistic stock, known as Kitunahan.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 | VariousThe Sarsi also had the very same form and we may suspect the Kutenai as well.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians | Clark Wissler
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