Assiniboine Family, Montana, 1890-1891.

The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux", are a Native American/First Nations people originally from the Northern Great Plains area of North America, specifically in present-day Montana and parts of Saskatchewan, Alberta and southwestern Manitoba around the US/Canadian border. They were well known throughout much of the late 1700s and early 1800s. Images of Assiniboine people were painted by such 19th century artists as Karl Bodmer and George Catlin. The Assiniboine have many similarities to the Lakota (Sioux) people in lifestyle, linguistics, and cultural habits, and are considered to be a band of the Nakoda or middle division of the Lakota. It is believed that the Assiniboine broke away from other Lakota bands in the 17th century. Image File history File linksMetadata Assinniboine2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Assinniboine2. ... Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ... The Great Plains covers much of the central United States, portions of Canada and Mexico. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples strength) Official languages English Flower Western Red Lily Tree Paper Birch Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 8th 647... Canada and the United States of America share the longest common border among any two countries that is not militarized or actively patrolled. ... Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ... Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805 - 1815). ... Karl Bodmer, (February 6, 1809-October 30, 1893), was a Swiss painter of the American West. ... George Catlin (1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – December 23, 1872 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American painter who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. ... Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... The Nakoda (also known as Stoney) are a First Nation group, indigenous to both Canada and the United States. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

They are closely linked to the Stoney First Nations people of Alberta - who are also Siouan people who use a Nakodan variant of the Sioux language - but they are not the same. The Nakoda (also known as Stoney) are a First Nation group, indigenous to both Canada and the United States. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... Lakota or Lakhota (as it is also commonly spelled) is the largest of the five major dialects of the Sioux language. ...

Assiniboine man, Montana, 1890-1891.

The Assiniboine were close allies and trading partners of the Cree, engaging in wars against the Atsina alongside them, and later fighting the Blackfoot. A Plains people, they generally went no further north than the North Saskatchewan River and purchased a great deal of European trade goods through Cree middlemen from the Hudson's Bay Company. Image File history File links Assinniboine_Man_Montana. ... Image File history File links Assinniboine_Man_Montana. ... The Cree are an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. ... Atsina: An inaccurate and derrogatory name for a Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana commonly known as the Gros Ventre. ... Bear Bull The Blackfoot Confederacy is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana. ... The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river flowing east from the Canadian Rockies to Lake Winnipeg. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...

The life style of this group was semi-nomadic, and they would follow the herds of bison during the warmer months. They did a considerable amount of trading with European traders, and worked with the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes, and that factor is strongly attached to their life style. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An American Bison is a bovine mammal, the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and one of the largest wild cattle in the world. ... Look up Trade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Trade centers on the exchange of goods and/or services. ... The Mandan are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and its tributaries, the Heart and Knife Rivers in present-day North and South Dakota. ... Pehriska-Ruhpa of the Dog Band of the Hidatsa. ... Pre-contact distribution of Arikara Mandan and Arikara delegation. ...

Though their description of the group was not all together favorable, the tribe's existence was noted in the journals of Lewis and Clark on their return journey from Fort Clatsop down the Missouri River. They had heard rumors that this was a ferocious group, and hoped to avoid contact with them. They did not see any sign of these people, and were not able to prove those rumors. The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ... Fort Clatsop Re-created Fort Clatsop Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-1806. ... The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...

The names by which the Assiniboine are usually known are not derived from the way they refer to themselves. As a Siouan people, they traditionally thought of themselves to themselves as the Hohe Nakota. With the widespread adoption of English, however, many simply use the English name consistently. Assiniboine, however, is a word that English borrowed from French, which in turn took it from the Ojibwe word asinii-bwaan , meaning stone Sioux. In the same way, Assnipwan comes from the word asinīpwāt in the western Cree dialects, from asiniy - "stone" - and pwāta - "Sioux". Early French traders in the west were often familiar with Algonquian languages, and many Cree or Ojibwe words for other western Canadian peoples were adopted into French in the early colonial era, and thence into English. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ...

note: They were referred with the name "stone" because they cooked with primarly stones. They would drop hot stones into water, causing the water to boil, which would cook the meat.

Gallery

A skin lodige of the Assiniboin chief Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3738x3024, 1769 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...	An Assiniboin indian (left) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (4322x3384, 3023 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...	Assiniboin indians Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3128x4346, 2941 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...	Dacota woman and Assiniboin girl (left) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3376x4739, 3555 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...
Magic pile erected by the Assiniboin indians Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3738x3024, 1722 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...	Tombs of Assiniboin indians on trees Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3016x3578, 3316 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Assiniboine ...	Assiniboine in Montana, 1890-1891. Image File history File linksMetadata Assinniboine. ...

External links

• Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery encounters with Assiniboine
• Assiniboine description at Minnesota State University, Mankato emuseum
• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux History