Sioux

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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
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    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)
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    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
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    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
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