Definition of Hidatsa

1. Noun. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.

Exact synonyms: Gros Ventre
Generic synonyms: Siouan, Sioux

2. Noun. A Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa.
Exact synonyms: Gros Ventre
Generic synonyms: Siouan, Siouan Language

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hidatsa

Hicken
Hickes
Hickey
Hickin
Hicking
Hicklin
Hickling
Hickock
Hicks
Hicksite
Hicksites
Hickson
Hicksville
Hicksvilles
Hidalgo
Hidatsa (current term)
Hideki Yukawa
Hideyo Noguchi
Hidimba
Hieracium
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium pilocella
Hieracium praealtum
Hieracium venosum
Hieronymite
Hieronymites
Hieronymus
Hieronymus Bosch
Higgens
Higgin

Literary usage of Hidatsa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"Then the Hidatsa chief gave the horses away to other men, and they gave ... This Nez Perce had a Hidatsa friend. This Hidatsa told the boy that the Nez ..."

2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"In recent times the tribal lines were not strictly drawn, so that Mandan women belonged to the Hidatsa Enemy society, and Hidatsa women bought the Mandan ..."

3. Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux by Stephen Return Riggs (1887)
"Dr. W. Matthews' Hidatsa Grammar. — Beliefs. — Missionary Interest in Berthold. — Down the Missouri.—Annual Meeting at Santee.—Normal School. ..."

4. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Man- dan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies; 1967-1972. 11 reels of tape. Recording No. 84. Includes: texts, vocabulary, etc.; letter to Whitfield ..."

5. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1922)
"Their language differs only slightly from that of the Hidatsa. During the early years of the last century their one village stood.at the mouth of Knife ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"864 sistent The ™*™Pti<>™ need have no Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: PRO- physical interpretation, indeed they might FESSOR ALBERT ERNEST JENKS ..."

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