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The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (/ s uː / SOO; Dakota/Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ [oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ]) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.
Oceti Sakowin means “Seven Council Fires” and refers collectively to the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people, according to the proposed standard document.
Seven Sioux tribes formed an alliance, which they called Oceti Sakowin or Očhéthi Šakówiŋ ("The Seven Council Fires"), [3] consisting of the four tribes of the Eastern Dakota, two tribes of the Western Dakota, as well as the largest group, the Lakota (often referred to as Teton, derived from Thítȟuŋwaŋ – "Dwellers of the Plains").
Only 45% of teachers are teaching required standards on Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, according to a new survey by the DOE.
Oceti Sakowin Community Academy will temporarily hold classes at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church until a permanent structure can be built. Rapid City's first Indigenous-led school opens Skip to main ...
On March 10, 2016, the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs informed the Great Sioux Nation (Oceti Sakowin) on March 10, 2016, of its decision to take Pe’ Sla, a 2,200 acres (3.4 sq mi) sacred site in the Black Hills of South Dakota, into federal Indian trust status. [7]
The Assiniboine branched off from the Great Sioux Nation (aka the Oceti Sakowin) long ago and moved further west from the original territory in the woodlands of what is now Minnesota into the northern and northwestern regions of Montana and North Dakota in the United States, and Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in Canada.
Other Oceti Sakowin tribes who also depend on the buffalo may have similar women's societies. This society, associated with the White Buffalo Cow oral history , has historically performed important buffalo-calling rites .