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Cad·do·an

 (kăd′ō-ən)
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.
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Caddoan

(ˈkædəʊən)
n
(Languages) a family of Native American languages, including Pawnee, formerly spoken in a wide area of the Midwest, and probably distantly related to Siouan
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Cad•do•an

(ˈkæd oʊ ən)

n.
a family of American Indian languages, including Arikara, Pawnee, and Caddo, spoken or formerly spoken in the Great Plains and adjacent areas of Arkansas and Louisiana.
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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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She notes that scholars have often glossed the diverse languages and cultures of the Algonquian, Iroquoian, Caddoan and Siouan peoples of North America under the label "Eastern Woodland Indians." Yet her own title, "Sisters of Pocahontas," glosses native women as well.
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Perttula focuses the social and cultural changes among the Caddoan Indians of the southern Mississippi valley resulting from trade with the French and Spaniards.
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