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Sihásapa is the Lakota word for "Blackfoot", whereas Siksiká has the same meaning in the Nitsitapi language, and, together with the Kainah and the Piikani forms the Nitsitapi Confederacy. As a result, the Sihásapa have the same English name as the Blackfoot Confederacy (correctly: Nitsitapi Confederacy), and the nations are sometimes ...
They are designed to achieve and maintain a state of wolakota, meaning balance or harmony. [40] While some Lakota have emphasized the importance of correct procedure, others believe a practitioner's intention is the most important part of a rite. [152] Some scholars have described Lakota traditional ceremonies as culturally conservative. [153]
Hunkpapa (Húŋkpapȟa, [4] meaning "Those who Camp by the Door" or "Wanderers") notable persons: Sitting Bull; Sihasapa (Sihásapa, "Blackfoot Sioux", [4] not to be confused with the Algonquian-speaking Piegan Blackfeet) notable persons: John Grass (Matȟó Watȟákpe) Miniconjou (Mnikȟówožu, "Those who Plant by Water") [4]
The Lakota (; Lakota: Lakȟóta/Lakhóta) are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux (from Thítȟuŋwaŋ), they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people, with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota (Wičhíyena).
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The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota controls the Standing Rock Reservation (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ), which across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic "Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa bands of the Dakota Oyate," [4] as well as the Hunkpatina Dakota (Lower Yanktonai). [5]
Born about 1827, Kill Eagle was the son of a Brulé father and a Sihasapa mother. His father may have been the first leader of a small Sihasapa band known as the Wazhazha (not to be confused with a Brule/Oglala band by the same name). Kill Eagle gained prominence through one of the "soldiers societies" (akicita).
The Lower Brule Indian Reservation (Khulwíčhaša Oyáte, 'lower men nation') is an Indian reservation that belongs to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River in Lyman and Stanley counties in central South Dakota in the United States.