Assiniboine
noun
As·sin·i·boine ə-ˈsi-nə-ˌbȯin 
variants or less commonly Assiniboin
plural Assiniboine or Assiniboines also Assiniboin or Assiniboins
: a member of a First Nations people originally of the Great Plains between the upper Missouri and middle Saskatchewan rivers
called also Hohe, Nakota
Note: The name Nakota is often used by Assiniboine as a self-designation.
Word History
Etymology
Ojibwa dialect assini·pwa·n, literally, stone Sioux
First Known Use
1690, in the meaning defined above
Geographical Definition
Assiniboine
geographical name
As·sin·i·boine ə-ˈsi-nə-ˌbȯin
river 665 miles (1070 kilometers) long in Canada, rising in southeastern Saskatchewan and flowing south and east across southern Manitoba into the Red River