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band ((1)) ((n.))

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1n. — Hist.

a social unit of Indians, smaller than a tribe, who live or hunt together as a group.

Quotations

1765-75
The other two Bands are North. . . .
1824
This Band are more reasonable than the others we passed, they have killed two Reindeer & gave us the shoulder & the meat of a Beaver & a few small fish.
1963
These figures . . . serve to indicate how impressed the Métis and their companions were by the size of the band.
2an.

a group of Indians in a given area or reserve (def. 2), recognized by the Indian Affairs Branch as a unit for administrative purposes.

See: reserve(def. 2),treaty band

Quotations

1871
Two councillors and two braves of each band were to receive a dress, somewhat inferior to that provided for the Chiefs, and, the braves and councillors of the Portage band excepted, were to receive a buggy.
1963
In Ontario, 33 bands . . . manage their own welfare services. . . .
2bn.

in attributive uses with reference to legally constituted Indian bands.

Quotations

1900
. . . the Canadian system of band-reserves was the application of the Imperial maxim Divide et impera.
1957
Band corporations should be set up, and all band property rights should be given to them.
1963
Six women are band chiefs, many are councillors. . . .
1965
Now he sits back in an advisory capacity, encouraging the band council to do as much as it can
3an.

a herd of buffalo, cattle, horses, caribou, or other such animals.

Quotations

1824
He was watching all night along the Lake as the Chipeweans do in hopes of the Carribou coming into the waters but . . . the band of Carribou is gone farther.
1825
The hunters returned having killed 20 Buffaloe all Bulls [;] many large bands were seen by them but no Cows.
1965
This band, however, rallied unexpectedly to follow the old mare's colt, and during three weeks of daily pursuit by men on fresh horses, they could not be approached.
3bn. — West

a flock of sheep.

Quotations

1953
Herder and "band" (not flock) have lost their lives in blizzards year after year.
1963
A thousand sheep is called a "band"--not a flock; that would be farmer parlance.