Word: algonquin
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...than in settlement, easily subjugated the Indians, enslaving those who did not die of imported diseases like smallpox. The 500,000 or so Indian inhabitants of Eastern North America at the time of the first English settlements were not so easily conquered. These resilient and warlike nations -- principally the Algonquin and Iroquois in the north, the Muskoghean and Choctaw in the south -- were happy to trade with the white man and adopt his weapons, but not his Christian faith or his mores. And they would fight to the death to defend their lands from encroachment...
Commencement is a particularly Harvardian spectacle, with its share of colorful customs. The Sheriff of Middlesex County always attends--a practice that dates back to the 1600s, when University graduates and their guests sought protection from the threat of Algonquin attacks. The procession of faculty is a showcase of pomp and circumstance; professors march from University Hall to the Memorial Church steps, dressed in academic regalia and wearing the colors of their alma maters...
...Quebec government declared these people -- the Cree, the Mohawk, the Huron, the Algonquin and others -- distinct nations, and offered them a path to self-government within Quebec's boundaries. But if you think that 20,000 Cree and Inuit are going to leave Quebec and take two-thirds of its territory...
...when observing a deer in thewoods, the Algonquin word chimanatu--meaning"great spirit"--came...
...Miracle of Language relates the tale of the spread of the English language epidemic, which the author, Richard Lederer, calls "an unparalleled success story." As the language marched triumphantly across the continents, it acquired new vocabulary along the way. For example, "moose" from Algonquin and "canoe" from Haitian Creole...