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101Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A …
102Osage — /oh sayj, oh sayj /, n., pl. Osages, (esp. collectively) Osage for 1. 1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma. 2. the Siouan language of the Osage. 3. a river flowing E from E… …
103Sioux — /sooh/, n., pl. Sioux /sooh, soohz/. Dakota (defs. 4, 6). [1755 65, Amer.; < North American F, shortening of earlier Nadouessioux < Ojibwa (Ottawa dial.) na·towe·ssiw(ak) pl. ( < Proto Algonquian *na·towe·hsiw , deriv. of *na·towe·wa Iroquoian,… …
104Quapaw Indians — • An early tribe from the lower Mississippi region Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Quapaw Indians Quapaw Indians † …
105Congaree people — The Congaree were a group of Native Americans who lived in what is now central South Carolina of the United States, along the Congaree River. Although early European observers thought they were likely of the Siouan language family given their… …
106Chiwere — noun the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri • Hypernyms: ↑Siouan, ↑Siouan language • Hyponyms: ↑Iowa, ↑Ioway, ↑Missouri, ↑Oto, ↑Otoe * * * chə̇ˈwerē …
107Gros Ventre — noun 1. a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota • Syn: ↑Hidatsa • Hypernyms: ↑Sioux, ↑Siouan 2. a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa • Syn: ↑Hidatsa …
108Hidatsa — noun 1. a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota • Syn: ↑Gros Ventre • Hypernyms: ↑Sioux, ↑Siouan 2. a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa • Syn: ↑Gros Ventre …
109Hunkpapa — noun 1. 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 • Hypernyms: ↑Teton, ↑Lakota …
110Ogalala — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑Oglala • Hypernyms: ↑Teton, ↑Lakota, ↑Teton Sioux, ↑Teton Dakota • Instance Hyponyms: ↑ …
