Sioux (Nation) AKA Oceti Sakowin, Dakota, Lakota;
Sioux
1851 AD
AKA Oceti Sakowin, Dakota, Lakota;
Groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The modern Sioux consist of two major divisions based on language divisions: the Dakota and Lakota; collectively they are known as the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ ("Seven Council Fires"). The term "Sioux" is an exonym created from a French transcription of the Ojibwe term "Nadouessioux", and can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
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Location of Sioux tribes in the US Prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange)
US 1899 $5 silver certificate Depicts Running Antelope, a Hunkpapa Lakota Chief
Chief Red Cloud and other Lakota leaders c. 1865-1880 TheSioux would assemble each summer to hold council, renew kinships, , and participate in the Sun Dance. The seven divisions would each select four leaders for this high honor.
