Lakota

The Lakota ("friends" or "allies", sometimes also spelled "Lakhota") are a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux (see Names). They form one of a group of seven tribes (the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Council Fires) that speak three different dialects, including Titonwan or Lakota proper, Santee or Dakota, and Nakoda. The Lakota, or Teton (Titonwon), are the westernmost of the three groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota. The Nakoda or Nakota, the smallest division, reside on the Yankton reservation in South Dakota, the Northern portion of Standing Rock Reservation, and Canada (the Stoney and Assiniboine), while the Dakota live mostly in Minnesota and Nebraska, but include bands in the Sisseton-Wahpeton, Flandreau, and Crow Creek Reservations in South Dakota.

See also

• Lakota language
• Lakota mythology