Plains Indians

E104448

Native American peoples indigenous peoples of North America

The Plains Indians were diverse Native American peoples of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting cultures, horse-centered lifestyles, and distinctive tipi dwellings.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Plains Indians canonical	33
Plains Indigenous peoples	5
Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains	4
Plains Indian	3
Northern Plains tribes	2
Indians of the Plains	1
Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains	1
Plains Indian coalition	1
Plains Indian–United States relations	1
Plains indigenous peoples	1
Plains tribes	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American peoples ⓘ indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
adaptedTo	horse introduction ⓘ
affectedBy	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: U.S. Indian Wars bison extermination ⓘ reservation system ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
economyBasedOn	bison hunting ⓘ trade ⓘ
engagedIn	intertribal warfare ⓘ trade with Europeans ⓘ
includes	Arapaho ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Dakota ⓘ Hidatsa people ⓘ surface form: Hidatsa Kiowa people ⓘ surface form: Kiowa Lakota ⓘ Mandan ⓘ Nakota ⓘ Omaha ⓘ Osage Nation ⓘ surface form: Osage Pawnee ⓘ
knownFor	buffalo hunting ⓘ horse culture ⓘ nomadic lifestyle ⓘ tipi dwellings ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ Caddoan languages ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ
practiced	Sun Dance ⓘ shamanism ⓘ vision quests ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
reliedOn	Bison bison ⓘ surface form: American bison
socialOrganization	bands ⓘ tribes ⓘ
spiritualBelief	animism ⓘ reverence for the buffalo ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
used	bows and arrows ⓘ buffalo hides ⓘ horses ⓘ lances ⓘ tipis ⓘ war bonnets ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sioux people → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Kaw Nation → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains

Arkansas River region → historicallyUsedBy → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains

Omaha people → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Pawnee → culturalRegionClassification → Plains Indians ⓘ

Crow → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Sun Dance → religiousTradition → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indigenous peoples

Omaha → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Ponca → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Dakota → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

indigenous peoples of the Americas → hasSubgroup → Plains Indians ⓘ

subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas

this entity surface form: Plains indigenous peoples

Wakan Tanka → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Plains Indians ⓘ

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 → historicalContext → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian–United States relations

Gall → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian

Robert H. Lowie → notableWork → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indians of the Plains

Robert H. Lowie → ethnographicFocus → Plains Indians ⓘ

South Saskatchewan River → historicallyUsedBy → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indigenous peoples

Omaha tribe → cultureArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site → associatedWith → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Plains tribes

Standing Rock Indian Reservation → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Wichita peoples → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas → hasCulturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Iowa people → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Eastern Dakota → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → hasCombatant → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian coalition

Kitkahahki Pawnee → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Two Moon → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ

Powder River Expedition → conflictWith → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains tribes

Fort Phil Kearny → primaryAdversary → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Plains tribes

Lords of the Plains → relatedTo → Plains Indians ⓘ

Hunkpapa Lakota → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Miniconjou Lakota → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Siksikaitsitapi → subgroupOf → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indigenous peoples

Hide painting → hasCulturalOrigin → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indigenous peoples

Gros Ventre → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Plains Indian religions → practicedBy → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains

Sun Dance lodge → usedBy → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indigenous peoples

Apsáalooke → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Museum of the Great Plains → hasExhibitTheme → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains

Dog Soldiers → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ

Southern Cheyenne → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

Roman Nose → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ

Missouria → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

George Catlin → ethnicGroupDocumented → Plains Indians ⓘ

Yankton Sioux → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ

BAE → notableWorkOn → Plains Indians ⓘ

subject surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology

Oto people → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

Otoe → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ

White Cloud (Mahaska) → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indian