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1. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
2. machicote, n. View full entry 1791
...A skirt worn, usually as an underskirt, by North American Indian women....
3. macock, n. View full entry 1588
...A plant formerly cultivated by the North American Indians of Virginia and Maryland, prob. a kind of summer squash, Cucurbita pepovar.melopepo....
4. maracock, n. View full entry 1609
...The fruit of any of certain American passion flowers, esp. the may-pop, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern United States, and the grenadilla, P. quadrangularis, of tropical America. Also:...
5. Massachusett, n. and adj. View full entry 1616
...A member of an Algonquian people inhabiting an area forming the eastern part of the present-day state of Massachusetts....
6. matchcoat, n. View full entry 1612
...A kind of coat formerly worn by North American Indians, originally made of furs, later of coarse woollen cloth (as supplied by white traders)....
7. mathemeg, n. View full entry 1777
...A freshwater catfish of the genus Ictalurus, found in North American lakes....
8. Mide, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1804
...Among the Ojibwa and some of their Algonquian and Siouan neighbours: a member of the Midewiwin society. Also attrib. or as : of or relating to the Midewiwin society...
9. Midewiwin, n. View full entry c1804
...Among the Ojibwa and some of their Algonquian and Siouan neighbours: a nativistic ceremonial society and its set of rituals, characterized by demonstrations of the powers of herbs and ritual objects and...
10. Minisink, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1694
...A member of a group of North American Indians forming a subgroup of the Munsee. Also attrib. or as Cf. Munsee...
11. Minnetaree, n. View full entry 1796
...= Hidatsa Cf. Gros Ventre1....
12. moccasin, n. View full entry 1612
...A kind of soft-soled leather shoe originally worn by North American Indians, later also by trappers, backwoodsmen, etc....
13. moose, n.2 View full entry 1614
...The elk, Alces alces....
14. Multnomah, n. View full entry 1804
...A member of a North American Indian people formerly living on the Columbia River at the confluence of the Willamette in the present-day states of Oregon and Washington....
15. Munsee, n. and adj. View full entry 1756
...A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting the headwaters of the Delaware River in eastern North America....
16. Nanaimo, n. and adj. View full entry 1827
...A member of a confederation of North American Indian peoples inhabiting, at the time of first contact with Europeans, the area of Vancouver Island around present-day Nanaimo. Now hist....
17. Narragansett, adj. and n. View full entry 1622
...Of, relating to, or designating an Algonquian people of Rhode Island or their language....
18. netop, n. View full entry 1643
...A friend, a close companion. Freq. used in salutation to an American Indian by early colonists....
19. Neusiok, n. and adj. View full entry 1585
...A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting eastern North Carolina. Usually in unchanged pl.: the Neusiok people collectively....
20. Nottoway, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Of, relating to, or designating a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting the area on the banks of the Nottoway River in southern Virginia....
