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Salteaux

Saulteaux

/ (ˈsəutəu) /

noun

a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba

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Word Origin for Salteaux

from Ojibwa
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for salteaux

  • His relatives were some very heartless people of the Salteaux tribe.

    Oowikapun|Egerton Ryerson Young

  • This individual for some reason refused permission to the Salteaux to leave camp.

    Policing the Plains|R.G. MacBeth

  • The Salteaux desired to leave, and so notified Crow's Dance.

    Policing the Plains|R.G. MacBeth