In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
North American Plains Indian people living mostly on reservations in Montana, U.S., and Saskatchewan and Alberta, Can. They speak a Siouan language. Their name is derived from an Ojibwa word meaning “one who roasts using stones.”
Member of an American Indian people who had settled around lakes Superior and Huron (now Québec, Ontario, Michigan, and Minnesota) by the 16th century.
Member of any of the American Indian peoples of the Great Plains, a region of North America extending over 3,000 km/2,000 mi from Alberta, Canada, to Texas, USA.
Member of an American Indian people who migrated from the Great Lakes north and west into the Saskatchewan River valley, Canada, and Montana, in the early 1700s.
In Handy Answer: Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples
When Europeans first reached the east coast of the vast lands which make up present-day Canada, diverse Indigenous societies were well established in their respective territories.
In World of Sociology, Gale
The First Nations of Canada refer to the collective tribes of native, or aboriginal people, that reside in the seven provinces of Canada.
