Plains Indian

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Plains Indian British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

She made her feature film debut in 2012's Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, which starred Benicio del Toro.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Additional troop deployment has also taken place at Demchok and Depsang Plains, Indian media reports say.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2021

To celebrate and honor community members who died of COVID-19, the tribe plans to install a permanent memorial near the Museum of the Plains Indian.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2021

Other African Americans served as “buffalo soldiers” in the Plains Indian wars, and formerly enslaved “Exodusters” found land in Kansas when conditions in the Reconstruction South became too threatening.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Despite the presence of many Plains Indian culture elements, the social structure of the Fort Hall people was basically that of the Shoshonean population of the Basin-Plateau.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.