Lakota - Ethnonyms

The Lakota (IPA: [laˈkˣota]) (also Lakhota, Teton, Titonwon) are a Native American tribe. They form one of a group of seven tribes (the Great Sioux Nation) that speak Lakota, one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language. The Lakota are the westernmost of the three Sioux groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota. Lakota - History. The Lakota are closely related to the western Dakota of Minnesota. After ...

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The name Lakota comes from the Lakota autonym, lakhóta "feeling affection, friendly, united, allied". The early French literature does not distinguish a separate Teton division, instead lumping them into a "Sioux of the West" group with other Santee and Yankton bands. The names Teton and Tintowan comes from the Lakota name thíthųwą (the meaning of which is obscure). This term was used to refer to the Lakota by non-Lakota Sioux groups. Other derivations include: Ti ...

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The Lakota are closely related to the western Dakota of Minnesota. After their adoption of the horse, šųkáwakhą́ ([ʃũˈkawaˈkˣã]) ('power/mystery dog') in the early 18th Century, the Lakota became part of the Great Plains culture with their eventual Algonkin-speaking allies, the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne), living in the northern Great Plains. Their society centered on the buffalo hunt with the horse. There were 20,000 Titonwan Lakota in the mid-18th century. The number has now increased to about 70,000, of whom about 20,500 still speak their ancestral language. (Se ...

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Lakota, Lakota - History, Lakota - Ethnonyms, Lakota - Social divisions, Lakota - Bands, Lakota - Reservations, Lakota - Bibliography

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The Lakota are closely related to the western Dakota of Minnesota. After their adoption of the horse, šuƞkáwakháƞ ([ʃũˈkawaˈkʰã]) ('power/mystery dog') in the early 18th Century, the Lakota became part of the Great Plains culture with their eventual Algonkin-speaking allies, the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne), living in the northern Great Plains. Their society centered on the buffalo hunt with the horse. There were 20,000 Titonwan Lakota in the mid-18th century. The number has now increased to about 70,000, of whom about 20,500 still speak their ancestral language. (Se ...

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Lakota, Lakota - History, Lakota - Ethnonyms, Lakota - Social divisions, Lakota - Bands, Lakota - Reservations, Lakota - Bibliography

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The Lakota historically had 7 "sub-tribes": Brule Oglala Sans Arcs Hunkpapa Minneconjou Blackfeet Two Kettles Lakota - Bands. Brule: Isaⁿyati Watchihoutairhe Tcoka Wajaja Minishanan Kiyuksa Watceŭⁿpa Iyak’oza Wam-bi-li´-ne-ca Si-ćá-wi-pi Ciyo Tañka Ho-mna Ciyo Subula Kañ-xi Yuha

Today, one half of all Enrolled Sioux live off the Reservation. Lakota reservations recognized by the US government include: Oglala (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation) Brulé (Rosebud Indian Reservation) Hunkpapa (Standing Rock/Cheyenne River) Miniconju (Cheyenne River) Sans Arc (Cheyenne River) Two-Kettle (Cheyenne River) Santee Yanktonai (Yankton) Flandreau Sisseton-Wahpehton Lower Sioux Upper Sioux Shakopee ...

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Lakota, Lakota - History, Lakota - Ethnonyms, Lakota - Social divisions, Lakota - Bands, Lakota - Reservations, Lakota - Bibliography

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