indian chieftain

Noun
  1. The leader of a group of Native Americans (synset 110222917)
    is a type of: chief, chieftain, headman, tribal chief - the head of a tribe or clan
    subtypes: sachem, sagamore - a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
    specific instances:
    • 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)
    same as: indian chief

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