Lakota
Great Plains tribe
Lakota refers to the westernmost division of the Sioux people, indigenous to the northern Great Plains of North America, particularly present-day North and South Dakota.
The term also designates their language, part of the Siouan language family.
Lakota culture centers on the buffalo, the sacred Black Hills, and ceremonies like the Sun Dance.
Famous Lakota leaders include Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, who resisted U.S. expansion in the 19th century.
Plains Indigenous nation
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- OglalaLakota Sioux division
- TetonWyoming mountain range
Pine Ridge · Rosebud · Standing Rock · reservation · treaty · sovereignty · Native American · First Nations
Conical hide dwelling
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
pemmican · winter counts · quillwork · moccasins · warbonnet · drum circle · jingle dress · grass dance
1890 massacre location
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Red CloudNineteenth-century Oglala chief
- Sitting BullLakota spiritual leader
- Crazy HorseLakota war leader
Black Hills · Ghost Dance · Gold Rush · Custer · westward expansion · broken treaties · resistance · massacre
Plains tribes' sacred rite
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
- vision questRite seeking supernatural guidance
- pipe ceremonySacred indigenous smoking rite
- medicine wheelCeremonial stone circle arrangement
eagle feather · smudging · medicine man · four directions · offerings · purification
Forested Dakota mountains
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- badlandsArid, heavily eroded terrain
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
Pine Ridge · sacred sites · Devils Tower · grassland · hunting grounds · ancestral territory
Culture passed by speech
- immersionState of being submerged
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- dialectRegional language variety
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
pronunciation · grammar · storytelling · elders · fluency
Sioux
Plains Indigenous nation
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- OglalaLakota Sioux division
Teton · Pine Ridge · Rosebud · Standing Rock · reservation · treaty · sovereignty · Native American · First Nations · Great Plains
tipi
Conical hide dwelling
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
buffalo · pemmican · winter counts · quillwork · moccasins · warbonnet · drum circle · jingle dress · grass dance · fancy dance
Wounded Knee
1890 massacre location
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Red CloudNineteenth-century Oglala chief
- Sitting BullLakota spiritual leader
Crazy Horse · Black Hills · Ghost Dance · Gold Rush · Custer · westward expansion · broken treaties · resistance · massacre
sun dance
Plains tribes' sacred rite
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
- vision questRite seeking supernatural guidance
- pipe ceremonySacred indigenous smoking rite
medicine wheel · eagle feather · smudging · medicine man · four directions · offerings · purification
Black Hills
Forested Dakota mountains
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- badlandsArid, heavily eroded terrain
Missouri River · Pine Ridge · sacred sites · Devils Tower · grassland · hunting grounds · ancestral territory
oral tradition
Culture passed by speech
- immersionState of being submerged
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- dialectRegional language variety
endangered · pronunciation · grammar · storytelling · elders · fluency
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- TribesApache, Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche
- Americas LanguagesSpanish, Portuguese, Nahuatl, Quechua, Mayan
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
LakotaU.S. Cavalry
Mounted American military force
colonizers · white settlers · homesteaders · U.S. government · European Americans
LakotaU.S. Army
American land military branch
William Tecumseh Sherman · railroad companies · buffalo hunters
- Lakota SiouxNorthern Plains indigenous nation