Plains Indian
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a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
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Andrist, Ralph K., The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian, Editorial Galaxia, 2001, p. 272. Assuming his presence had been exposed, Custer decided to attack the village without further delay.
Neal McLeod argues this is partly due to the dominant culture's fascination with Plains Indian culture as well as the greater degree of written standardization and prestige Plains Cree enjoys over other Cree dialects.
They keep the sacred tribal articles, and are considered the nucleus or mother tribe of the Arapaho, being indicated in the Plains Indian Sign Language (Bee3sohoet) by the sign for “mother people”.
Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian war chief, is the author of seminal works in Native American history and culture.
The children sit at their desks, their eyes on Wilson, as they sign the words they sing using the Plains Indian sign language.