SIOUAN

The Siouan language group includes languages spoken by tribes, such as the Monacan Native Americans. Here you can explore the history of these languages and the people that used them.

Featured

Ponca Indians

Ponca Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic family. They were closely associated with the Omahas and in the early 1800's settled with them in northeastern Nebraska.

1-10 of 15
  • 1
  • 2
  • Blackfoot Indians
    Blackfoot Indians

    Blackfoot (or Sihasapa)Indians, a small band of the Teton Sioux. They are often confused with the Blackfeet Indians, an Algonquian confederacy. See more »

  • Sioux Indians
    Sioux Indians

    Sioux Indians, a North American Indian tribe of the Siouan language family. The name Sioux" comes from a Chippewa word for adder or enemy. See more »

  • Arkansas Indians
    Arkansas Indians

    Arkansas, or Quapaw, Indians , a North American tribe of the Siouan language family. See more »

  • Assiniboine Indians
    Assiniboine Indians

    Assiniboine Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic group, closely related to the Yanktonai Sioux. See more »

  • Crow Indians
    Crow Indians

    Crow (or Absaroke) Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. According to tradition, they were once part of the Hidatsa tribe. See more »

  • Hidatsa Indians
    Hidatsa Indians

    Hidatsa Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. They are sometimes called the Minitari or Gros Ventres. See more »

  • Iowa Indians
    Iowa Indians

    Iowa Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic family. According to their legends they came to the plains area from the Great Lakes region. See more »

  • Kansa Indians
    Kansa Indians

    Kansa (or Kaw ) Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. The Kansa, Osage, Quapaw, Omaha, and Ponca form a group sometimes called Dhegiha. See more »

  • Mandan Indians
    Mandan Indians

    Mandan Indians a tribe of the Siouan language group. The Mandan were one of the earliest Plains tribes, coming to the region from the southeast in the 13th century. See more »

  • Missouri Indians
    Missouri Indians

    Missouri Indians, a tribe of the Chiwere division of the Siouan language group. They lived in what is now northern Missouri. See more »

1-10 of 15
  • 1
  • 2