Saulteaux

English

Etymology

From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault (“waterfall”) in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.

Proper noun

Saulteaux

1. an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe
2. the language of this nation

Translations

nation

• Cree:

  Plains Cree: nahkawiyiniw

• French: saulteaux (fr) pl
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• German: Saulteaux
• Ojibwe: ᓇᐦᑲᐌ

  Manitoba Saulteux: nakawē

language

• Ojibwe: ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ (nakawēmowin)

  Manitoba Saulteux: nakawēmowin

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Related terms

• Hypernyms:Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Baawitigong
• Synonyms: Plains Ojibwa, Sault Indians, Sotoos, Nahkawininiwak, Nakawē (people), Nakawēmowin (language)