Red Knife
now historical and rare
noun
A member of a North American Indian people, a regional group of Chipewyan Indians living north of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries, later and more commonly referred to as Yellowknife Indians; frequently attributive.
Origin
Late 18th century. After Woods Cree miθkohkoma·n, lit. ‘red metal (i.e. copper), red knife’, with reference to the copper implements made by this people.