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Stick [< stick², q.v.]

n. an Indian from the bush country of the interior, originally so called by the Indians of the Pacific Coast.
See also: stick ((2)) Stick Indian
- 1897 The "Sticks" are probably the most stalwart of any [Indians].
- 1902 "It is the Stick talk of the Upper White," La Flitche stopped long enough to explain.
- 1910 The Chilkats traded with the Sticks, who in turn traded with the natives of the Coppermine River in the interior.
- 1937 These Indians were of the "Stick" tribes, a name used by the Thlingits and other coast tribes for the people of the interior.