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<div>The Cree do indeed tend to use pwât- (sg. pwâta, plural pwâtak) for Siouan peoples, generally Dakota(/Lakota). One of the names for the Assiniboine (Nakoda) is asinîwipwât(ak), a direct cognate with Ojibwe asinibwaan (and hence Assiniboine. Even though
"Ouachipouennes" was recorded as coming from a Cree interpreter, it doesn't sound as if it is a (fully) Cree form, since the ending suggests -pwaan rather than -pwât. This initial element could well be derived from wât- "hole" (sg: wâti), with palatalization
and hence somethig like *wâcipwâ(n). Others can comment on the use of that and/or the initial element, as I am not sure if it is used in Ojibwe. In any case, this is not a term I have heard used in Cree for the Mandan. I have only heard the construction
kâ-otasiskîwikamikowak "those who have earth(clay) lodges".</div>
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<div>Rushing here, so I'll leave it at that for the moment, but if I uncover/remember other Cree names for Siouan groups, I'll add them.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> January 16, 2016 2:05 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Algonquiana] Algonquian terms for Siouan peoples<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all,
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<div>I've just posed this question on the Siouan listserv, and thought I'd ask the same here. I'm looking for names for Siouan peoples (specifically the Mandan) in Algonquian languages.</div>
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<div>For some varieties of Cree, we see something like <i>pwâta </i>for the Lakota/Dakota. For Ojibwa, I've found <i>bwaan
</i>for that same group. In the 1730s when the French trader Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye encountered the Mandan, his Cree interpreter called them <i>Ouachipouennes
</i>[sic], meaning something like "Sioux who go underground," in reference to the earth lodges in which they lived. Is this term still used in Cree to refer to the Mandan? What about other Siouan groups like the Hidatsa or the Crow?</div>
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<div>The online Cheyenne dictionary gives <i>Tsé-heše'émȧheonėstse</i> "one who has a dirt house" for the Mandan and
<i>Óoetane </i>"crow person" for the Crow. These etymologies are clear. However, the etymologies of
<i>Hóheehe </i>for the Assiniboine and <i>Ho'óhomō'e </i>for Lakota/Dakota are opaque to me (though they may not be opaque to someone else!).</div>
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<div>I would welcome any input anyone might have regarding this issue.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Ryan Kasak</div>
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