Assiniboine
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The Assiniboine are a Native American/First Nations people of the Northern Plains, closely related to the Sioux and historically known as nomadic bison hunters and traders across what is now the northern United States and southern Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assiniboine canonical | 10 |
| Stoney-Assiniboine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2416671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Assiniboine Context triple: [Blackfoot, historicalRivals, Assiniboine]
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A.
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
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B.
Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan River is a major waterway in Western Canada that flows eastward from the Rocky Mountains through the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba before emptying into Lake Winnipeg.
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C.
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a major Canadian river that originates in the Rocky Mountains and flows eastward through Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the city of Edmonton, before joining the Saskatchewan River system.
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D.
Milk River
Milk River is a North American river that flows through Montana in the United States and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, ultimately joining the Missouri River.
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E.
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is a major free-flowing river in the western United States that originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota before joining the Missouri River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Assiniboine Target entity description: The Assiniboine are a Native American/First Nations people of the Northern Plains, closely related to the Sioux and historically known as nomadic bison hunters and traders across what is now the northern United States and southern Canada.
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A.
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
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B.
Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan River is a major waterway in Western Canada that flows eastward from the Rocky Mountains through the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba before emptying into Lake Winnipeg.
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C.
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a major Canadian river that originates in the Rocky Mountains and flows eastward through Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the city of Edmonton, before joining the Saskatchewan River system.
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D.
Milk River
Milk River is a North American river that flows through Montana in the United States and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, ultimately joining the Missouri River.
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E.
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is a major free-flowing river in the western United States that originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota before joining the Missouri River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Cree ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hohe
ⓘ
Nakota ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sioux people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sioux
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Plains culture area ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalActivity | trading on the Northern Plains ⓘ |
| historicalRole | middlemen in the fur trade ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
Alberta
ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Alberta
present-day Manitoba ⓘ present-day Montana ⓘ present-day North Dakota ⓘ present-day Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Dakotan branch of Siouan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Plains Indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| presentDayCommunities |
First Nations reserves in Manitoba
ⓘ
First Nations reserves in Saskatchewan ⓘ reservations in Montana ⓘ reservations in North Dakota ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
First Nation in Canada
ⓘ
Native American tribe in the United States ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ |
| selfIdentification |
Stoney Nakoda
ⓘ
surface form:
Nakoda
|
| traditionalEconomy |
fur trade
ⓘ
intertribal trade ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
bison meat
ⓘ
pemmican ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | tipi ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Assiniboine language ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | nomadic ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Great Plains
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form:
Northern United States Plains
Western Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Prairie Provinces of Canada
|
| traditionalSubsistence | bison hunting ⓘ |
| treatyHistory |
signatories to treaties with the Canadian government
ⓘ
signatories to treaties with the United States government ⓘ |
| UNESCOClassification | Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Assiniboine Description of subject: The Assiniboine are a Native American/First Nations people of the Northern Plains, closely related to the Sioux and historically known as nomadic bison hunters and traders across what is now the northern United States and southern Canada.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.