Finndian
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English
Etymology
Noun
Finndian (plural Finndians)
- (Canada, US) A person of mixed Finnish and Native American heritage.
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Adjective
Finndian (not comparable)
- (Canada, US) Of mixed Finnish and Native American heritage.
- 2011 April, Arne Vainio, “My Ojibwe and Finnish Heritage”, in Ojibwe Inaajimowin, volume 13, number 4, Mille Lacs Band, →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
- Being Indian isn't easy for a kid. Not being fully Indian is even worse. I wasn't Finnish, and I wasn't Indian. Half-breed. Finndian.
- 2016 November 5, Jana Peterson, “Finnish writers, photographer spotlight ‘Finndians’ in new book”, in The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minnesota: Forum Communications Company, archived from the original on 2020-11-15:
- Seppälä stayed in the U.S. from July to October that year and even went to Canada to meet some Finndian people in Toronto.