Shuswap
noun
a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia.
Shuswaps
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pluralof Shuswap.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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British Columbia has about 25,000, most of whom are along the coast, though one of the important tribes, the Shuswaps, is in the interior.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
And after that there was peace between the Shuswaps and the Okanogans.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
They were entirely out of food; but they had matches, and each box of fifty bought a huge salmon from the Shuswaps.
From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
You have committed a great wrong in making this expedition against the Shuswaps.
From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by R. D. (Robert Dalziel) Cumming
At that time some branches of the Shuswaps and of the Kootenais came in.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
