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Definition of Plains Indian
1. Noun. A member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Specialized synonyms: Atakapa, Attacapan, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Pima, Siouan, Sioux
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plains Indian
Literary usage of Plains Indian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS — INDIAN CHARACTER, TRAITS, AND PECULIARITIES. The Country
of the "Plains Indians" — The Dream of an Enthusiast — The Indian as he ..."
2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"This is why the Plains Indian societies are also age-classes, ... THE PLAINS
INDIAN AGE-SOCIETIES. In attempting to arrive at a final conception of the ..."
3. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"... Tour provides $50 half day and $100 full day mini-bus tours on the reservation
with Blackfeet guides; tours depart from the Museum of the Plains Indian. ..."
4. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"SO FAR we have sought to sketch the outline for a mental picture of what Plains
Indian life was like a half century ago. We have given no consideration to ..."
5. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS — INDIAN CHARACTER, TRAITS, AND PECULIARITIES. The Country
of the "Plains Indians" — The Dream of an Enthusiast — The Indian as he ..."
6. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"This is why the Plains Indian societies are also age-classes, ... THE PLAINS
INDIAN AGE-SOCIETIES. In attempting to arrive at a final conception of the ..."
7. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"... Tour provides $50 half day and $100 full day mini-bus tours on the reservation
with Blackfeet guides; tours depart from the Museum of the Plains Indian. ..."
8. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"SO FAR we have sought to sketch the outline for a mental picture of what Plains
Indian life was like a half century ago. We have given no consideration to ..."
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