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nouna member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
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- dakota a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
- custer United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
- lakota a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
- santee a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
- teton a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
- brule a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- general custer United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
- crazy horse a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
- santee sioux a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
- sioux city a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri