Hidatsa

[ hee-daht-sah ]

/ hiˈdɑt sɑ /

a member of a Siouan people dwelling on the Missouri River.

the Siouan language of the Hidatsa tribe.

Example sentences from the Web for hidatsa

This coupling of purchase with inheritance is strictly comparable to the Hidatsa bundle (this volume, 416-417).

Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance |Leslie Spier
Among the Hidatsa, it is reported, there was a belief that spirit children might enter into a woman and be born into the world.

Introduction to the History of Religions |Crawford Howell Toy
Such were the characteristic features of the Hidatsa villages.

Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi |David Ives Bushnell
In a similar manner the Hidatsa would mask themselves with a wolfskin to enable them to approach buffalo.

The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition |Caroline Taylor Stewart

The economic festivals and "dances" of the Siouan Mandans and Hidatsa are general tribal ceremonies.

Introduction to the History of Religions |Crawford Howell Toy