Plains Indians

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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.

All labels observed (18)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American peoples ⓘ
indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
adaptedTo horse introduction ⓘ
affectedBy 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 ⓘ
linked to: Hidatsa people

Kiowa ⓘ
linked to: Kiowa people

Lakota ⓘ
Mandan ⓘ
Nakota ⓘ
Omaha ⓘ
Osage ⓘ
linked to: Osage Nation

Pawnee ⓘ
knownFor buffalo hunting ⓘ
horse culture ⓘ
nomadic lifestyle ⓘ
tipi dwellings ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
Caddoan languages ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
practiced Sun Dance ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
vision quests ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
reliedOn American bison ⓘ
linked to: Bison 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (125)

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 → Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Arkansas River region → historicallyUsedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha people → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Pawnee → culturalRegionClassification → Plains Indians ⓘ
Crow → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Sun Dance → religiousTradition → Plains Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Ponca → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Dakota → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Americas → hasSubgroup → Plains indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Wakan Tanka → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Plains Indians ⓘ
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 → historicalContext → Plains Indian–United States relations ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Gall → culture → Plains Indian ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Robert H. Lowie → notableWork → Indians of the Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Robert H. Lowie → ethnographicFocus → Plains Indians ⓘ
South Saskatchewan River → historicallyUsedBy → Plains Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Omaha tribe → cultureArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site → associatedWith → Northern Plains tribes ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Wichita peoples → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Iowa people → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Eastern Dakota → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) → hasCombatant → Plains Indian coalition ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Kitkahahki Pawnee → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Two Moon → culture → Plains Indians ⓘ
Powder River Expedition → conflictWith → Plains tribes ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Fort Phil Kearny → primaryAdversary → Northern Plains tribes ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Lords of the Plains → relatedTo → Plains Indians ⓘ
Hunkpapa Lakota → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Miniconjou Lakota → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Siksikaitsitapi → subgroupOf → Plains Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Hide painting → hasCulturalOrigin → Plains Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Gros Ventre → culturalRegion → Plains Indians ⓘ
Plains Indian religions → practicedBy → Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Sun Dance lodge → usedBy → Plains Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
Apsáalooke → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Museum of the Great Plains → hasExhibitTheme → Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
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 ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology → notableWorkOn → Plains Indians ⓘ
subject linked to: BAE
Oto people → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
Otoe → culturalArea → Plains Indians ⓘ
White Cloud (Mahaska) → culture → Plains Indian ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians