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Plains Indian

Pronunciation: /pleɪnzˈɪndɪən/

Definition of Plains Indian

noun

  • a member of any of various North American Indian peoples who formerly inhabited the Great Plains area.

Although a few of the Plains Indian peoples were sedentary farmers, most, including the Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Comanche, were nomadic buffalo hunters, who gathered in tribes during the summer and dispersed into family groups in the winter

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