Terms for "white man"

[Shannon West]

Koontz John E wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Mary Marino wrote:
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>>S^ahiya  is current among Canadian Dakota speakers for 'Cree'.  I've never
>>recorded S^ahiyena.
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>Wow!  That's fantastic!  Previously I'd only seen it mentioned in old
>sources as the Assiniboine name for the "Knisteneaux," and in Hidatsa, for
>example, there is s^ahi' 'Cree'.  In Santee and Teton the usual term is
>'Rabbit People.'
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Oh nifty! There's a place in central Saskatchewan called "Kinistino". I never
made the connection before.

And I've seen S^ahiya in my notes from Assiniboine class, but I honestly
don't remember her saying it. I'm sure it referred to the Cree though.

Shannon