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

Troops have been added 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

If it’s older material that moves you, Donald Ellis’s devastating display of North Plains Indian ledger drawings is arguably the fair’s best show, and near the Spotlight section.

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

Whether fiction or nonfiction, as claimed by the author, this book realizes the relationships between Plains Indian and buffalo.

From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)