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Meanings of Sioux in English

Russian
дакота
Portuguese
dacotas
Spanish
dakota
Catalan
sioux
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Native American and First Nations ethnic group.

Related terms
дакота
Portuguese
sioux
Catalan
siú
Spanish
siux

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.

sioux
Synonyms
Examples for "oceti sakowin"
Examples for "oceti sakowin"
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Nov. 28 North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issues an evacuation order for the Oceti Sakowin camp, citing harsh weather on the way.
Reuters
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Protesters on Wednesday attempted to set up another camp across from Oceti Sakowin, on the other side of Highway 1806, on private property.
Reuters
3
For one week my job was to photograph the ongoing demonstrations by Native American tribes at a location dubbed the " Oceti Sakowin" camp.
Reuters
1
The Sioux peoples' treaty rights were constantly violated by gold prospectors, who kept crossing the reservation border.
The Guardian
2
We sang and prayed to the gods of war when our war chief sent us ahead to scout the Sioux people, to find their camp.
Old Indian Days
Russian
дакота
Catalan
dakota
Spanish
siux

Siouan language spoken by the Sioux in the United States and Canada.

Related terms
дакота
Usage of Sioux in English
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Within the instant the entire party of the Sioux was in confusion.
The Way of a Man
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The Oglala Sioux Nation did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reuters
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There were plenty of Sioux Indians living in the vicinity of Shakopee.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
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He lost a fight with the Sioux Indians in the nineteenth century.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
Generosity is a trait that is highly developed in the Sioux woman.
Old Indian Days
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They might readily have passed in the darkness for young Sioux warriors.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
7
It was after this that the Sioux moved to the Mississippi river.
Indian Boyhood
8
The Presbyterians have lately commenced a work among the Chippewas and Sioux.
The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the Nort...
9
But the Sioux had stopped and was looking intently at the boy.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
10
They came from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sioux Falls.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
11
Shout after shout went up on the Sioux side of the camp.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
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The Sioux was sure to identify it if it reached his ears.
The Story of Red Feather: A Tale of the American Frontier
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Indians are sly, and the Sioux are the slyest of them all.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
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There was, in fact, a great division of opinion among the Sioux.
France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of ...
15
The Sioux followed like crazy wolves, tomahawking the tired and slow ones.
Old Indian Days
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Nearly all of the Indians who came were Sioux and fine looking.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History