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Lakota ( Lakȟótiyapi [laˈkˣɔtɪjapɪ] ), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Western Dakota, and is one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language .
In modern usage, the word implies colonialist greed and corporate power. [1] Wasi'chu is a loanword from the Sioux language ( wašíču or waṡicu using different Lakota and Dakota language orthographies) [2] which means a non-Indigenous person, particularly a white person, often with a disparaging meaning. [3]
Mitakuye Oyasin. Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ ( All Are Related) is a phrase from the Lakota language. It reflects the world view of interconnectedness held by the Lakota people of North America. [1] This concept and phrase is expressed in many Yankton Sioux prayers, [2] as well as by ceremonial people in other Lakota communities.
Wakíŋyaŋ is a Lakota word for "thunder". It also may be a portmanteau which associates "wahka" ("sacred") and "kinyan" ("wings"). The word is usually translated as "Thunder Spirits", "Thunder Beings," or "Thunder Birds". [1] Heyokas, that is contrarians, dream of Wakinyan and can burn cedar ( Juniperus scopulorum) to protect themselves from ...
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States. The cause of the war was the desire of the U.S. government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills.
Dakȟóta Makóce, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. The Dakota language ( Dakota: Dakhód'iapi, Dakȟótiyapi ), also referred to as Dakhóta, is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, commonly known in English as the Sioux. Dakota is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the Lakota language.
Wakan Tanka. In Lakota spirituality, Wakan Tanka ( Standard Lakota Orthography: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. [1] [2] This is usually translated as the "Great Spirit" and occasionally as "Great Mystery". Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka can be interpreted as the power or the sacredness that resides in everything, resembling ...
This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common ...