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Little Sioux

(Encyclopedia) Little SiouxLittle Siouxs&oomacr; [key], river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW Iowa to the Missouri River S of Sioux City. Flowing…

Yanton

(Encyclopedia) Yanton and Yanktonnai: see Sioux.

Huron, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) HuronHuronhy&oobreve;rˈänˌ [key], confederation of four Native North American groups who spoke the Wyandot language, which belongs to the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan…

Sioux City

(Encyclopedia) Sioux City, city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shipping, wholesale trade,…

Ghost Dance

(Encyclopedia) Ghost Dance, central ritual of the messianic religion instituted in the late 19th cent. by a Paiute named Wovoka. The religion prophesied the peaceful end of the westward expansion of…

CBA Playoffs: National Conference

First RoundOmaha def. Sioux Falls, 3 games to 2Oklahoma City def. Yakima, 3 games to 2Second RoundOklahoma City def. Omaha, 3 games to 1American ConferenceCBA PlayoffsFinals (Best of 7…