Terms for "white man"

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Hello Rory,

Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 8:45:40 PM, you wrote:
RML> Assuming
RML> that it is a jibe against whites for taking the Indians' land and
RML> resources, that complaint wouldn't have had any particular salience
RML> from the Dakotan point of view until well into the 19th century.
RML> They would have been aware of whites as mysterious foreign beings
RML> with remarkable equipment that they might obtain through trade
RML> all through the 18th century if not earlier.  I think it's most
RML> likely that the term was established from the time that they
RML> first became aware of the existence of whites, I suppose late in
RML> the 17th century.


--I wonder what is Assinoboine/Stoney terms for "white man"? If they
coincide with Dakota/Lakota was^icuN, that would be additional
arguments against the "fat-takers".

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Constantine Chmielnicki   mailto:wablenica at mail.ru