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INDIAN CHIEFTAIN

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Meaning:

The leader of a group of Native Americans

Synonyms:

Indian chief; Indian chieftain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Indian chieftain" is a kind of...):

chief; chieftain; headman; tribal chief (the head of a tribe or clan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indian chieftain"):

sachem; sagamore (a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief))

Instance hyponyms:

Black Hawk; Makataimeshekiakiak (Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838))

Cochise (Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874))

Crazy Horse; Tashunca-Uitco (a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877))

Geronimo (Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909))

Hiawatha (a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century))

Chief Joseph; Joseph (leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904))

Keokuk (Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848))

Massasoit (Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661))

Powhatan; Wahunsonacock (Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618))

Rain-in-the-Face (a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905))

Red Cloud (leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909))

George Guess; Sequoya; Sequoyah (Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843))

Sitting Bull (a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890))

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