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  • proper noun A native Canadian language of the Na-Dene family, spoken in Alberta.

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Examples

  • Agent McSchmuckenzie offers to brief Elizabeth on the situation, but she explains to him which particular orifice his briefing could fit in, and goes information gathering herself, Sarcee-mystic-style.

    Omega Flight #2 (of 5) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • So there we were—Tommie, a descendant of slaves; Dick Bird, a Native American from the Sarcee tribe; and me, of Chinese-Scottish-Irish descent.

    Cheech & Chong Tommy Chong 2008

  • So there we were—Tommie, a descendant of slaves; Dick Bird, a Native American from the Sarcee tribe; and me, of Chinese-Scottish-Irish descent.

    Cheech & Chong Tommy Chong 2008

  • I have been deeply honoured to have been made Honorary Chief by representatives of Blackfoot, Piegan, Sarcee and Stony Indians on 6th July at Calgary, with the title "Chief Sea Warrior".

    The Unsinkable Commonwealth 1967

  • Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, Stony and Sarcee tribes and some 5,000 of their men, women and children met to hear the Great Mother's chiefs.

    Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

  • The Sarcee Indian Reserve, seven miles from Calgary, was used as a Training Camp during the war of 1914-19.

    Canadian Cities of Romance 1922

  • "Sarcee feller catchee pullee leg," explained the unmoved Sin Sin Wa.

    Dope Sax Rohmer 1921

  • They passed me in the coulee and took the Sarcee trail.

    The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor 1898

  • Swift as a lightning flash the Sarcee sprang at Cameron, knife in hand, crying in the Blackfeet tongue that terrible cry so long dreaded by settlers in the Western States of America, "Death to the white man!"

    The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor 1898

  • Following up the kick, Cameron took a single step forward and met the murderous Sarcee with a straight left-hand blow on the jaw that landed the Indian across the fire and deposited him kicking amid the crowd.

    The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor 1898

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