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Miniconjou

American  
[min-i-kon-joo] / ˌmɪn ɪˈkɒn dʒu /

noun

PLURAL

Miniconjous

PLURAL

Miniconjou

  1. a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota Indians and originally inhabiting parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

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"It was given to me when I was made a blood brother of the Miniconjou Sioux in 1951," he explains.

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