Saulteaux

Meaning

Proper Noun

• an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe
• the language of this nation

Origin

• From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.