HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sioux
/su/
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What does sioux mean?
proper noun
- Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
- A member of the Sioux tribe.
- The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.
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IPA pronunciation
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He accepted a personal friend, which was a custom among the Sioux, where each man chose a companion for life and death.
The Sioux were armed with guns, from which came the reports, to which the passengers, who were almost all armed, responded by revolver-shots.
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Dr. Valentine T. McGillicuddy, Scotch in stubbornness, honesty, efficiency, and individualism, was U.S. Indian agent to the Sioux and knew them to the bottom.
These proved to be but the forerunners of a great war party, for when the sun rose the hills around seemed black with Sioux.
The Sioux Indians will not stick an awl or a needle into a stick of wood on the fire, or chop on it with an axe or a knife.