Teton

Te·ton  (ttn)

n. pl. Teton or Te·tons In both senses also called Lakota, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux.

1. The largest and westernmost of the Sioux peoples, made up of seven groups including the Oglala, Hunkpapa, Brulé, and Miniconjou. The Teton became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating westward in the 18th century and figured prominently in the resistance to white encroachment on the northern Great Plains.

2. A member of this people.

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Teton - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains Lakota, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux Brule - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux Hunkpapa - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains Miniconju - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux Ogalala, Oglala - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota Sihasapa - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains Two Kettle - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux