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Caddoan

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Cad·do·an  (kd-n)
n.
A family of North American Indian languages spoken formerly in the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana and presently in North Dakota and Oklahoma.
Caddoan [ˈkædəʊən]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a family of North American Indian languages, including Pawnee, formerly spoken in a wide area of the Midwest, and probably distantly related to Siouan
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Noun1.Caddoan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
Caddoan language, Caddo
American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Aricara, Arikara - the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
Pawnee - the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
Wichita - the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita


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The female tricksters that he discusses are all from matrilineal and matrilocal Southwestern or Caddoan cultures, and they are all Coyotes.
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