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Assiniboine people
The Assiniboine ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Northern Plains. They are a First Nations in Canada, where they primarily live in Saskatchewan, with some living in Alberta and southwestern Manitoba, and they are a Native American people in the United States, where they primarily live in northern Montana, with some living in western North Dakota.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Assiniboine
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Assiniboin indians 0065v.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Two Assiniboine warriors, painted by Karl Bodmer in the 1840s
- Ethnic group.population
- 3,500
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta)United States (North Dakota and Montana)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Indigenous religion, Sun Dance,Native American Church, Christianity
- Ethnic group.langs
- Assiniboine, English
- Ethnic group.related
- Dakota, Nakota (Stoney)
- Ethnonym.root
- Nakota / Nakoda / Nakona"ally / friend"
- Ethnonym.person
- Nakóda
- Ethnonym.people
- Nakón Oyáde
- Ethnonym.language
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Names
- Language
- History
- Early history
- Contact with Europeans and fur trade
- Interactions with other tribes
- Iron Confederacy
- Traditional lifestyle
- Mythology
- Subgroups and bands
- Current Assiniboine nations
- Montana
- Saskatchewan, Canada
- Namesakes
- Gallery
- Assiniboine people
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Assiniboine ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Northern Plains. They are a First Nations in Canada, where they primarily live in Saskatchewan, with some living in Alberta and southwestern Manitoba, and they are a Native American people in the United States, where they primarily live in northern Montana, with some living in western North Dakota.
In the 18th century, the Assiniboine were part of the Iron Confederacy with the Cree.
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Accuracy disputes from April 2020Algonquian ethnonymsAssiniboineFirst Nations in AlbertaFirst Nations in ManitobaFirst Nations in SaskatchewanNative American history of MinnesotaNative American history of MontanaNative American history of North DakotaNative American tribes in MontanaNative American tribes in North DakotaPlains tribes