Traditional performance
A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe troupe in traditional dress singing and dancing at the Native Nations Procession, Washington, D.C., 2004.
Oceti Sakowin
people
Also known as: Dakota, Nadouessioux, Sioux
- Also known as:
- Sioux
- Key People:
- Sitting Bull
- Red Cloud
- Spotted Tail
- Little Crow
- Erik Erikson
- Related Topics:
- Plains Indian
- Santee
- Yankton
- Teton
Oceti Sakowin, broad alliance of Indigenous North American peoples who spoke three related languages within the Siouan language family, commonly known by the exonym (a name given and used by outsiders) Sioux. The Oceti Sakowin people are divided into three groups based on the language variant they speak. The Dakota—also known as the Isanti (Santee) or Eastern Dakota (Sioux)—comprise the Mdewkanton, Wahpeton, Wahpekute, and Sisseton. The Nakota, who may additionally identify as Dakota and are also called the Western Dakota, include the Yankton and Yanktonai. The Lakota, also referred to as the Teton, have seven divisions—the Sihasapa (Blackfoot, not to ...(100 of 1843 words)