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DEFINITIONS OF: Siouan

n a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Synonyms:: Sioux

Examples:: show 4 examples...; hide 4 examples...; Tashunca-Uitco
a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877); Rain-in-the-Face
a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905); Red Cloud
leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909); Sitting Bull
a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)

Types:: show 25 types...; hide 25 types...; Biloxi
a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi; Catawba
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas; Crow
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana; Dakota
a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux; Dhegiha
any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages; Gros Ventre, Hidatsa
a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota; Iowa, Ioway
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri; Missouri
a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri; Ofo
a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi; Oto, Otoe
a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska; Eastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux
a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux; Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux
a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains; Tutelo
a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina; Winnebago
a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people; Brule
a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux; Hunkpapa
a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains; Kansa, Kansas
a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas; Miniconju
a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux; Ogalala, Oglala
a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota; Maha, Omaha
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska; Osage
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century; Ponca, Ponka
a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska; Quapaw
a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas; Sihasapa
a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux; Two Kettle
a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

Type of:: Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian
a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America

n a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

Synonyms:: Siouan language

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; Biloxi
the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi; Catawba
the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba; Chiwere
the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri; Crow
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow; Dakota
the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota; Dhegiha
a branch of the Siouan languages; Gros Ventre, Hidatsa
a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa; Hunkpapa
a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa; Ofo
a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo; Ogalala, Oglala
a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala; Santee
the Siouan language spoken by the Santee; Tutelo
the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo; Winnebago
the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago; Iowa, Ioway
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa; Missouri
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri; Oto, Otoe
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto; Kansa, Kansas
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa; Omaha
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha; Osage
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage; Ponca, Ponka
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca; Quapaw
the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw

Type of:: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

adj of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

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