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Eastern Canadian Indian
Answer for the clue "Eastern Canadian Indian ", 6 letters:
micmac
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Word definitions for micmac in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Micmac , Micmacs or Mic Mac can refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Micmacs \Mic"macs\, n. pl.; sing. Micmac . (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Algonquian tribe of the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland, by 1776, from mi:kemaw , a native name said to mean literally "allies."
Usage examples of micmac.
He spoke English with a weird Algonquian accent that immediately placed him as a member of the Micmac tribe.
But whether it can ever be satisfactorily demonstrated that the Norse explorers came in contact with Algonquin, Micmac, or Beothuk Indians, and just where they landed, are not matters of essential importance.
Impossible even to imagine that Mohawk and Mahican had once wandered here - yes, and Wampanoag, Narraganset, Pequot, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Abnaki, Malecite, Micmac.
The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis—like the soil up there in the old Micmac burying ground.