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Sarsi

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Sarsi (sär`sē), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan Athabascan , Athapascan, or Athapaskan , group of related Native American languages forming a branch of the Nadene linguistic family or stock. In the preconquest period, Athabascan was a large and extensive group of tongues.
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 branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see also Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
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). They are also known as the Sarcee. At the beginning of the 19th cent., their hunting grounds were on the upper Saskatchewan River. Attacks by the Cree and other tribes caused the Sarsi to ally themselves with the Blackfoot Blackfoot, Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They occupied in the early 19th cent.
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 for protection. Although their customs were greatly modified by association with this Plains tribe, their language remained unaffected. In 1877 they ceded their lands to the Canadian government and in 1880 moved to a reserve at Calgary, Alberta. There were some 800 Sarsi in Canada in 1991.


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Countless old photographs of Blackfoot, Stoney, Plains Cree and Sarsi men in their ceremonial clothing bear testimony to its popularity.
The mussel was only found within 200 m of the platform, being replaced by Thyasira sarsi (Philippi 1845) in the distal part of the affected area.
Tablo--IV 1650-1750 Ydlannda ihtida Eden Cariyelerin Sarsi ve Milliyetleri Coriyelerin Milliyetleri Sayisi Acem 8 Bogdan 1 Frenk 1 Gurcu 12 Leh 3 Macar 3 Rus 30 Milliyeti belli olmayanlar 37 Toplam 96
 
 
 
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