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Salteaux

British  
/ ˈsəutəu /

noun

  1. a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba

"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

Etymology

Origin of Salteaux

from Ojibwa

Example Sentences

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

From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)

Along too, came the feeble remnant of the once agile Salteaux, inquiring if it was to be war; and if so, would there be big feasts?

From Annette, the Metis Spy by Collins, J. E. (Joseph Edmund)

Along too, came the feeble remnant of the once agile Salteaux, inquiring if it was to be war; and if so, would there be big feasts.

From The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief by Collins, J. E. (Joseph Edmund)

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

From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)

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

From Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians by Young, Egerton Ryerson

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