Saulteaux

English Alternative forms en Saulteau Etymology From en fr saulteux, or en fr saulteurs, from en fr sault waterfall in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them. Noun p an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe en Nahkawê Nahkawē Proper noun the language of this nation en Nahkawêwin Nahkawēwin Translations nation Cree: Plains Cree: crj nahkawiyiniw French: fr saulteaux p German: de Saulteaux Ojibwe: oj ᓇᐦᑲᐌ Manitoba Saulteux: ojw nakawē language Ojibwe: oj ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ nakawēmowin Manitoba Saulteux: ojw nakawēmowin See also Hypernyms:Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Baawitigong Synonyms: Plains Ojibwa, Sault Indians, Sotoos, Nahkawininiwak, Nakawē (people), Nakawēmowin (language) en Ethnonyms