Shuswap
/ˈSHo͞oˌswäp
/noun (plural same or Shuswaps)
1A member of an American Indian people of southern British Columbia.They stole up the mountain behind the Shuswap, attacked and forced the Shuswaps over the bluff, killing most....
- It separates two great cultures of North American Indians: the Kootenays and Shuswaps to the west, and the Stoney and Blackfoot tribes to the east.
- The Shuswaps are related to other Salish tribes, all of whom could organize themselves into a confederation of Indian nations.
2The Salishan language of the Shuswap.There is however at least one language that does have words beginning with the letters < cq >, namely Secwepmectsín, known in English as Shuswap.
adjective
Relating to the Shuswap or their language.Other causes to which he was attracted were those of the Lil'Wat Nation and the Shuswap activists involved in the armed standoff at Gustafsen Lake....
- Because Manuel's Shuswap community suffers from 80 percent unemployment and public benefits average only $165 a month, it must depend on hunting, fishing and other forms of traditional land use for day-to-day survival.
- In case you're wondering, < x > in Shuswap spelling represents the voiceless uvular fricative.
Origin
From the Shuswap self-designation sexwépemc.