Sioux

American  

[soo] / su /

noun

plural

Sioux

1. Dakota.

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Sioux British  

/ suː /

noun

1. a member of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly ranging over a wide area of the Plains from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

2. any of the Siouan languages

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Sioux Cultural  

1. A common name for the Dakota people, a tribe of Native Americans inhabiting the northern Great Plains in the nineteenth century. They were famed as warriors and frequently took up arms in the late nineteenth century to oppose the settlement of their hunting grounds and sacred places. In 1876, Sioux warriors, led by Chief Sitting Bull, and commanded in the field by Chief Crazy Horse, overwhelmed the United States cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (See Custer's last stand.) A group of Sioux under Chief Big Foot were massacred by United States troops at Wounded Knee in 1890.

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Etymology

Origin of Sioux

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; from North American French, shortening of earlier Nadouessioux from Ojibwe (Ottawa dialect) na·towe·ssiw(ak) (plural), from unattested Proto-Algonquian na·towe·hsiw-, derivative of unattested na·towe·wa ”Iroquoian,” probably literally, “speaker of a foreign language”) + French -x plural marker

Example Sentences

Guardians Grow founder Sioux Watkins said the supermarket also aimed to help users "make sure you are getting the support you need from other services".

From BBC

The company that had been based in Palo Alto is now based in Sioux Falls, S.D., according to a December filing to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

In a statement Wednesday evening, a Homeland Security spokesperson said, “We have not been able to verify any claims that DHS law enforcement arrested or even encountered members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is demanding the release of three tribal members detained by ICE officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota last Friday.

From Salon

Meanwhile, Sioux City has been dubbed Sewer City for its fixation on the sanctity of its public works.

From The Wall Street Journal