Sioux
noun [ C ] uk/suː/ us/suː/ Sioux
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）
a member of a Native American tribe (= group of people) living in the northern part of the United States and southern Canada
To the Sioux and other tribes, gift-giving was an essential part of everyday life.
Sitting Bull led an alliance of Sioux, Cheyenne and others in defiance of government orders to settle on reservations.
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- In September, the expedition encountered the Teton Sioux for the first time.
- Legend has it that thousands of Sioux escaped from a famous battle by entering this cave and coming out somewhere on the other side of the mountain.
- Sebastian LeBeau, a Cheyenne River Sioux recently negotiated the release of several dozen partial sets of ancient remains from the University of Denver's Museum of Anthropology.
- He died so close to enemy lines that the Sioux could not recover his body.