English > Indian chieftain: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | The leader of a group of Native Americans. |
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| Synonym | Indian chief |
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| Instances | Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak | Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) |
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| Cochise | Apache leader of the resistance / 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) |
| Joseph, Chief 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 |
| Rain-in-the-Face | A chief of the Sioux |
| Red Cloud | leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909) |
| Sequoya, Sequoyah, George Guess | Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843) |
| Sitting Bull | A chief of the Sioux |
| Narrower | sachem, sagamore | A chief of a North American tribe / tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) |
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| Broader | headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief | The head of a tribe or clan |
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| Spanish | jefe indio |
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