plains indian meaning

Noun: Plains Indian

1. A member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
   - Buffalo Indian

Derived forms: Plains Indians

Type of: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian

Encyclopedia: Plains Indian

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1. the northern plains indians have artistic traditions that they want to preserve
2. the northern plains indians have artistic traditions that they want to preserve
3. the plains indians had settled in medicine lodge, which, for them, was a sacred area
4. Now it contains definitive collections of Western and Plains Indian art.
5. Smith says Grant also resisted efforts to annihilate the Plains Indians.