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Flathead [1 record]

Record 1 1991-09-27

English

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  • Geographical Names
DEF

Name applied to several different tripes (U.S.) usually owing to the fact that they were accustomed to flatten the heads of their children artificially ... named by the first Canadian voyageurs because slaves from the coast with deformed heads were among them.

French

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  • Noms géographiques

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