Siouan

American  

[soo-uhn] / ˈsu ən /

noun

1. an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.

2. a member of one of the Siouan-speaking peoples.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux or the Siouan languages.

Siouan British  

/ ˈsuːən /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages including Sioux, probably related to Iroquoian

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux peoples or languages

Etymology

Origin of Siouan

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; Sioux + -an

Example Sentences

The Osage, unlike certain other members of the Siouan group to which they belong, continued to erect and occupy the mat or bark covered habitations so characteristic of the forest tribes.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

The Siouan Indians, who lived in West Virginia and Virginia, knew, too, of natural gas.

From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.

He was, moreover, the first to discover that the Tutelos of Virginia belonged to the Siouan family, and to identify the Cherokee as a member of the Iroquoian family of speech.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

The arbor over the entrance is an interesting feature, seldom appearing in the Algonquian villages, although often shown in front of Siouan lodges.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

The Siouan tribes of Virginia built some of their bath houses of stone; but throughout Virginia the common material for such structures was wood.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee