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

Early the following year Henry made a visit to an Assiniboin village, to reach which he crossed many miles of the frozen wilderness.

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

The Assiniboin appear to have possessed a great fondness for visiting other tribes, and many narratives of journeys in the upper Missouri Valley contain references to meeting with such parties.

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

Located at the upper bend of the Missouri, they were readily accessible to British traders of the Assiniboin and Saskatchewan valleys, who were found as habitu�s in their villages by Lewis and Clark, in 1804-05.

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