Definition of Plains Indian

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Plains Indian

Pizza Hut
Pkwy
Pl.
Pla protease
Placido Domingo
Placido da Costa's disk
Placidyl
Placuna
Placuna placenta
Plagianthus
Plagianthus betulinus
Plagianthus regius
Plain of Jars
Plains
Plains Apache
Plains Indian (current term)
Plains Miwok
Plaisir
Plameology
Planalto slaty antshrike
Planck
Planck's constant
Planck's law
Planck's radiation law
Planck's theory
Planck area
Planck constant
Planck energy
Planck epoch
Planck era

Literary usage of Plains Indian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS — INDIAN CHARACTER, TRAITS, AND PECULIARITIES. The Country of the "Plains Indians" — The Dream of an Enthusiast — The Indian as he ..."

2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"This is why the Plains Indian societies are also age-classes, ... THE PLAINS INDIAN AGE-SOCIETIES. In attempting to arrive at a final conception of the ..."

3. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"... Tour provides $50 half day and $100 full day mini-bus tours on the reservation with Blackfeet guides; tours depart from the Museum of the Plains Indian. ..."

4. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"SO FAR we have sought to sketch the outline for a mental picture of what Plains Indian life was like a half century ago. We have given no consideration to ..."

5. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS — INDIAN CHARACTER, TRAITS, AND PECULIARITIES. The Country of the "Plains Indians" — The Dream of an Enthusiast — The Indian as he ..."

6. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"This is why the Plains Indian societies are also age-classes, ... THE PLAINS INDIAN AGE-SOCIETIES. In attempting to arrive at a final conception of the ..."

7. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"... Tour provides $50 half day and $100 full day mini-bus tours on the reservation with Blackfeet guides; tours depart from the Museum of the Plains Indian. ..."

8. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"SO FAR we have sought to sketch the outline for a mental picture of what Plains Indian life was like a half century ago. We have given no consideration to ..."

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