Assiniboin

American  

[uh-sin-uh-boin] / əˈsɪn əˌbɔɪn /

noun

plural

Assiniboins,

plural

Assiniboin

1. a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.

2. the Siouan language spoken by the Assiniboin.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Assiniboin or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Assiniboin

First recorded in 1675–85; from Canadian French Assiniboine, from Ojibwe (Saulteaux dialect) assini·-pwa·n literally, “stone Sioux” (equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian aʔsenyi “stone” + unattested pwa·θa “enemy tribesman”)

Example Sentences

Fort Union served as a linchpin in John Jacob Astor's lucrative beaver-fur and buffalo trade with the Assiniboin, Crow and Blackfeet Indians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Assiniboin, Cree and Mandan were among the tribes who lived in high style before the European invaders manifested their destiny.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assiniboin passed us rapidly in the afternoon, and we followed.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

The size of the Assiniboin camps was often mentioned by the early writers.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

It was the seventy-fifth day since our departure from St. Louis, when the Assiniboin cast anchor at Fort Union.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp