Plains Indian
a member of any of the American Indian tribes, as those of the Algonquian, Athabascan, Caddoan, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto-Aztecan linguistic families, that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. All were more or less nomadic, following the buffalo, and were often in touch with one another so that the development among them of common culture traits is noticeable.
- Also called Buffalo Indian.
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How to use Plains Indian in a sentence
A Plains Indian without a horse to ride is as helpless as a child.
The Ranche on the Oxhide | Henry InmanRussell was the greatest painter that ever painted a range man, a range cow, a range horse or a Plains Indian.
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest | J. Frank DobieWhether fiction or nonfiction, as claimed by the author, this book realizes the relationships between Plains Indian and buffalo.
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest | J. Frank Dobie
British Dictionary definitions for Plains Indian
a member of any of the North American Indian peoples formerly living in the Great Plains of the US and Canada
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