Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting parts of southeast British Columbia, northeast Washington, northwestern Montana, and northern Idaho.
- noun The language of the Kutenai, of no known linguistic affiliation.
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- proper noun An
indigenous people ofNorth America . - proper noun The
language isolate spoken by this people.
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Examples
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This still exists in successful operation, practically all the confederated Indians of the reservation-Flathead, Pend d'Oreille, Kutenai, and Spokan-having been consistent Catholics for half a century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Father De Smet described as he had seen it among the Kutenai in 1845, as also a solemn consecration of the first, wild berries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Although known to the Hudson Bay traders and other adventurers as early, perhaps, as 1780, the Kutenai remained practically unchanged until the advent of the Jesuits under Father Peter De Smet, about
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Flatheads and part of the Kutenai in a treaty with the government by which they were settled on the Flathead reservation in Montana, where some of the Lower band joined them in 1887.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Kutenai lived in small skin or mat-covered tipis, of which the universal sweat lodge (see Indians) was always an important adjunct.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Kutenai have held their own well, thanks to their innate manliness and to the strict observance of the precepts inculcated by their religious teachers.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Father Léon Fouquet, the first of the Oblates to enter the Kutenai field.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Kutenai, accepted almost at once the new faith, in which they have remained steadfast and exemplary ever since.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Our principal authorities on the Kutenai are: Chamberlain, De Smet, and the official reports.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Physically the Kutenai rank as the tallest and best built Indians of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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