saganash
/ˈsæɡənæʃ/
noun
- A term used by some Indigenous peoples of North America to refer to a white person or European settler.
- The elder explained that saganash was a word from his ancestors' language for newcomers.
- The term saganash appears in old stories about the first encounters between tribes and Europeans.
- In some historical accounts, the Cree people used the word saganash to describe European traders.