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Sioux

The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (/suː/, SOO; Dakota and Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ [oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ]) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translation: 'friend, ally' referring to the alliances between the bands).…

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related to Historical · 114
Sioux → America, American, American Horse, Author, Belle Vue Zoo, Bessie, Big Eagle, Black Elk, Black Hawk, Black Moon, Blackfoot Sioux, Blue Horse, Boyington, British, Brulé, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Burns, Charles Eastman, Clouds, Conquering Bear
related to Treaties and reservation period beginnings · 47
Sioux → American, An American, April, Chien, Croix, Croix River, Dakota, Des Moines, Despite, Europeans, Fort Snelling, Fox, Hastings, Ho-Chunk, In, Iowa, It, Living, Many, Menominee
related to French trade and intertribal warfare · 40
Sioux → Algonquian, Assiniboine, Claude-Jean Allouez, Cree, Croix River Valley, Dakota, Daniel Greysolon Duluth, English, European, Europeans, For, French, Great Lakes, Groseilliers, However, Hudson's Bay Company, Jean Baptiste, La Vérendrye, Lake, Late
related to 1930s–1960s: Reorganization Act and Relocation Act · 36
Sioux → American, As, Because, Between, Bureau, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, Dakota, Dakota War, Dakotas, Dawes Act, Despite, Flood Control Act, In, In Minnesota, Indians, IRA, Lake Oahe, Most, Much, Native
related to Dakota War of 1862 and the Dakota diaspora · 27
Sioux → Andrew Myrick, By, Dakota, Dakota War, Fort Ridgely, Historian Mary Wingerd, However, If, Later, Little Crow, Lower Sioux Agency, Many, Mdewakanton, Minnesota, Minnesota River, Myrick, On August, One, Redwood Agency, Saint Paul
related to Great Sioux War of 1876 and the Wounded Knee Massacre · 27
Sioux → Battle, Black Hills, Black Hills War, Cedar Creek, Cheyenne, Dakota, Dakota War, Dull Knife Fight, Gold, Included, Lakota, Little Bighorn, Massacre, Northern Cheyenne, Plains, Powder River, Red Cloud's War, Rosebud, Sioux Wars, Slim Buttes
related to Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 · 24
Sioux → Arapaho, Arikara Nations, Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Colorado, Crow, Fort Laramie, Hidatsa, In, Indian, Indians, Lakota, Mandan, Oregon Trail, Pike's Peak Gold Rush, September, Such, The, The Fort Laramie Treaty, The United States
related to Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 · 24
Sioux → According, American, Arapaho Nation, Black Hills, Bozeman Trail, Fort Laramie, Great Sioux Reservation, Indian, It, Lakota, Miniconjou, Montana, Nebraska, Oglala, Red Cloud's War, Sicangu, Sioux Treaty, South Dakota, The, The Treaty
related to Official · 23
Sioux → Archived, Birdtail Sioux First NationOfficial, Canupawakpa Dakota First NationOfficial, Cheyenne River ReservationOfficial, Crow Creek ReservationOfficial, Dakota Plains First Nation, Dakota Tipi First Nation, Flandreau ReservationOfficial, Fort Peck ReservationOfficial, Lake Traverse ReservationOfficial, Lower Brule ReservationOfficial, Lower Sioux ReservationOfficial, Official, Pine Ridge ReservationOfficial, Prairie Island CommunityOfficial, Rosebud ReservationOfficial, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux CommunityOfficial, Sioux Valley Dakota NationOfficial, Spirit Lake ReservationOfficial, Standing Rock Sioux ReservationOfficial
related to Language · 22
Sioux → Bdewákhathuŋwaŋ, Dakhóta, Dakȟóta, Eastern Dakota, Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ, Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna, Isáŋyáthi, Lakota, Lakȟóta, Santee, Santee-Sisseton, Sisseton, Sisíthuŋwaŋ, Teton, Teton Sioux, The Sioux, Waȟpékhute, Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ, Western Dakota, Yankton

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dakota lakota minnesota war treaty people reservation tribes river also us south indian government many american land states united north

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the Ojibweinstance ofAlgonquian peoples0.80text
Potawatomiinstance ofAlgonquian peoples0.80text
Odawa were among the first to trade with the French as they migrated into the Great Lakes regioninstance ofAlgonquian peoples0.80text
the Sun Danceinstance ofwhich included ceremonies0.80text
John Grassinstance ofTribal leaders0.80text
Gallinstance ofTribal leaders0.80text
and Sitting Bull opposed the billinstance ofTribal leaders0.80text
which created the following five reservationsinstance ofTribal leaders0.80text
farming in order to replace traditional lifewaysinstance ofvocational skills suited to Euro-American society0.80text
Charles Eastmaninstance ofThe schools achieved mixed outcomes of traumatic experiences for many while others0.80text
Ella Cara Deloriainstance ofThe schools achieved mixed outcomes of traumatic experiences for many while others0.80text
Luther Standing Bearinstance ofThe schools achieved mixed outcomes of traumatic experiences for many while others0.80text

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