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Crow language family
Answer for the clue "Crow language family ", 6 letters:
siouan
Alternative clues for the word siouan
- Indian language family
- Lakota's language family
- Iowa, for one
- Dakota, e.g
- Great Plains language family
- 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
- Dakota's language family
- Red Cloud, for one
- Osage, e.g
- Dakota Indian
Usage examples of siouan.
On the whole, the speech of the Siouan stock may be said to have been fairly developed, and may, with the Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Shoshonean, be regarded as typical for the portion of North America lying north of Mexico.
Algonquian, Athapascan, Iroquoian, Shoshonean, Siouan, and others of more limited extent.
Ceremonial objects were common, the most conspicuous being the calumet, carved out of the sacred pipestone or catlinite quarried for many generations in the midst of the Siouan territory.
While the Pony Express is defying deserts, savages and sidewinders, Tristero's giving its employees crash courses in Siouan and Athapascan dialects.