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Lakota Sioux people
Lakota Sioux people
Lakota Sioux people

Lakota Sioux people

American
(not assigned)USA, North America
(not assigned)Canada, North America
BiographyThe Lakota people (pronounced [la'k?ota]; also known as Teton, Titunwan ("prairie dwellers"),[1] Teton Sioux ("snake, or enemy") are an indigenous people of the Great Plains of North America. They are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes, the Ochéthi Šakówi? or seven council fires, and speak Lakota, one of the three major dialects of the Sioux language.
The Lakota are the westernmost of the three Siouan language groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota.
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