indian chief
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1. the leader of a group of Native Americans (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | sachem, sagamore, |
| definition | : | a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | black hawk, makataimeshekiakiak, |
| definition | : | Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cochise, |
| definition | : | Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | crazy horse, tashunca-uitco, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | geronimo, |
| definition | : | Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hiawatha, |
| definition | : | a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | chief joseph, joseph, |
| definition | : | leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | keokuk, |
| definition | : | Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | massasoit, |
| definition | : | Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | powhatan, wahunsonacock, |
| definition | : | Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | rain-in-the-face, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | red cloud, |
| definition | : | leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | george guess, sequoya, sequoyah, |
| definition | : | Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sitting bull, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
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