(Canada, US, Amerind culture) One who makes buffalo pounds.
(Canada, US, Amerind culture) One who makes buffalo pounds.
A number of poundmakers have entered tribal history; their names are known and their deeds recounted. Such poundmakers include Loud Voice of the Plains Cree (Skinner 1914:525), and White Raven of the Assiniboin (Weekes 1948:16).
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(US, Canada, dialect) A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.