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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 Article: Hidatsa Indians
Hidatsa Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. They are sometimes called the Minitari or Gros Ventres. See more »
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Arkansas Indians
Arkansas, or Quapaw, Indians , a North American tribe of the Siouan language family.
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Assiniboine Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic group, closely related to the Yanktonai Sioux.
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Blackfoot (or Sihasapa)Indians, a small band of the Teton Sioux. They are often confused with the Blackfeet Indians, an Algonquian confederacy.
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Crow (or Absaroke) Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. According to tradition, they were once part of the Hidatsa tribe.
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Hidatsa Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. They are sometimes called the Minitari or Gros Ventres.
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Iowa Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic family. According to their legends they came to the plains area from the Great Lakes region.
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Kansa (or Kaw ) Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. The Kansa, Osage, Quapaw, Omaha, and Ponca form a group sometimes called Dhegiha.
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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.
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Missouri Indians, a tribe of the Chiwere division of the Siouan language group. They lived in what is now northern Missouri.
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Omaha Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic group. It is closely associated with the Poncas, Kansas, Osages, and Quapaws.
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Osage Indians, a tribe of the Siouan linguistic stock, and most important of the Dhegiha group, which included also the Omaha, Ponca, Kansa, and Quapaw.
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Oto Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. They are related to the Winnebagos and in prehistoric times lived in the Great Lakes area.
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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.
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Sioux Indians, a North American Indian tribe of the Siouan language family. The name “Sioux" comes from a Chippewa word for “adder” or “enemy.” The tribe calls itself by a Siouan word meaning “allies” —the word is spelled (depending on which Siouan dialect is being used) Lakota, Dakota, or Nakota.
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Winnebago Indians, a tribe of the Siouan language family. French explorers found them living south of Green Bay and inland to Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin).
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