Brule
- noun
- /bruːleɪ/
- Our Senate district has also changed, which now includes our reservation, as well as Lower Brule and Crow Creek Reservation.
- Brule Sioux
- Brule Sioux Tribe
- Lower Brule
Examples
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A runner came from a village of Brule Sioux to tell of the terrible events.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's found fossils at the mouth of the Brule River and other areas.
Blog text (30) -
Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, we hope we're going to be making later this year.
Blog text (6) -
A Brule chief, Bear That Scatters, had told the soldiers that if the guilty Indian must be arrested, he would be given over to the soldiers if it meant keeping the peace.
Fiction book (1992) -
They were camped only about two miles from a village of mostly Brule Sioux, a few Minneconjous among them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Along the Sunrise Trail, there are numerous beaches: Brule, Cariboo, Melmerby, with the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait.
Academic text (1999) -
Spotted Tail's Folk: A History of the Brule Sioux. Hyde. (J. C. Olson) 2(1):31.
Academic text (1992) -
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota. Rogers. (T. H. Lewis) 7(2):117.
Academic text (1992) -
Heidecker and Wareheim produce several cable series through their company, Abso Lutely Productions, including Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (which they also co-write), The Eric Andre Show, and Comedy Bang! Bang!
Blog text (10) -
The Brule have a rich cultural heritage that they proudly preserve.
Synonyms
A group of Lakota people from the Great Plains
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brule comes from the French word brûlé meaning 'burnt', which is like the English word 'burn'. French speakers used it for the Lakota name Sicangu, which means 'burnt thigh', so today Brule is the name for that group of the Teton Sioux people.