Sioux
noun[C]
uk/suː/us/suː/pluralSiouxamemberof aNativeAmericantribe(=groupofpeople)livingin thenorthernpartof theUnitedStatesandsouthernCanada:
苏族，苏族人（居住在美国北部和加拿大南部的一个美洲土著部落）TotheSioux and othertribes, gift-giving was anessentialpartofeverydaylife.
Sitting Bullledanallianceof Sioux, Cheyenne andothersindefianceofgovernmentorderstosettleonreservations.
- InSeptember, theexpeditionencounteredthe Teton Sioux for the firsttime.
- Legend has it that thousands of Siouxescapedfrom afamousbattlebyenteringthiscaveand coming outsomewhereon the othersideof themountain.
- Sebastian LeBeau, a Cheyenne River Siouxrecentlynegotiatedthereleaseof severaldozenpartialsets ofancientremainsfrom the University of Denver's Museum of Anthropology.
- Hediedsoclosetoenemylinesthat the Sioux could notrecoverhisbody.
Sioux
adjective
uk/suː/us/suː/belongingorrelatingto the Siouxtribe(=group)ofNativeAmericanslivingin thenorthernpartof theUnitedStatesandsouthernCanada:
Siouxtriballands
Siouxcustoms
- "Thesmoke," said Runs the Enemy, a Siouxwarrior, "rolledup like amountainoverourheads."
- Themuseumalso has 866artifactscollectedin Minnesota,rangingfrom apairof Ojibwesnowshoesto a Siouxtomahawk.
- He was a Sioux chief'sson.