Sioux

/su/

Other forms: Siouxes; Siouxs

Definitions of Sioux

1. noun

   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: Siouan

   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)

   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