Siouan Definition & Meaning

siouan
adjective
  1. of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture
noun
  1. a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
  2. a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

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