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Brulé Brule, Brûlé [< Cdn F Bois Brûlé charred wood]

• 1 n. Hist. a half-breed, especially one having French blood; Métis.

  See also: bois-brûlé  Metis  

  • 1815  It is also reported that several Brules had been made prisoners. . . .
  • 1816  (1817)  . . . Brules, Metifs [Métis], or half-breeds [are] the bastard sons of Indian concubines, kept by the partners or servants of the North-West Company.
  • 1849  (1932)  There are no better horsemen in the world than the Red River "brulés."
  • 1952  (1954)  The horsemen, who seemed to be all Brûlés, turned out toward the prairies. . . .

• 2 n. a sub-tribe of the Dakota Indians living south of what is now Saskatchewan; a sub-group of the Sioux.

  • 1912  (1913)  The Siouan family is divided as follows: . . . 7, (a) Sichangu or Brulés. . . .
  • 1928  . . . the Brules undoubtedly had been planning a raid on a Mandan village. . . .