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Lakota

Lakota

15 8.8
A person from the Western Sioux people who lived on the North American plains
  • noun
  • /ləˈkoʊtə/
translation icon : Lakota
  • Until recently, federal policy encouraged Lakota parents to speak only English and teachers to punish children for speaking Indian.
  • Lakota Sioux
  • Lakota language
  • Lakota people

A friend of mine who I quote in the book, he's a part Lakota physician and psychiatrist.

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Examples

  • That's what the Lakota used to call the Black Hills in South Dakota.

  • After her category was over, I clapped with pride to know our beautiful Lakota women still have style.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • My life is not much different from the history of what the Lakota people went through.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • For most viewers, the Lakota language is as foreign as Lakota culture itself.

    Academic text (1991)
  • A friend of mine who I quote in the book, he's a part Lakota physician and psychiatrist.

  • We saddled up our stolen horses and rode south, leaving Lakota Country for Indian Territory.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My name is Dr. Yvette Running Horse Collin and I'm an Oglala Lakota researcher and scientist.

  • Traditional leaders of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples have reached consensus to reject the exploitation of ceremonial ways by non-Indians.

  • However, Kline remembers an evening spent telling Hindu and Lakota origin stories around a campfire on the Rosebud Sun Dance grounds.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many Lakota people are dedicated to preserving their cultural traditions and languages.

Synonyms

Native American
vsLakota
161 3.4

A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived

is a specific western branch label rather than a continent-wide identity
Plains Indian
vsLakota
3 6.5

A person from the Native American tribes of the Great Plains who traditionally lived a nomadic life following buffalo

focuses on the western branch identity rather than a general plains lifestyle
Teton
vsLakota
1 9.6

A Native American person from the western Sioux group on the Great Plains

is the western branch name in general rather than that specific division
Teton Sioux
vsLakota
9.4

A person from the western Sioux group of Native American people who live on the plains

is the branch identifier rather than the overall tribal name
Teton Dakota
vsLakota
9.9

A person from a western Sioux group who lived on the Great Plains

is the general western branch term rather than broader Sioux grouping
Sioux
vsLakota
7.1

A Native American people from the plains of North America with shared language and culture

is the western branch specifically, not the whole people
tribesperson
vsLakota
6.5

A person who lives in a small community that shares the same customs

relates to an ethnic branch, not just membership in any tribe

Surface Forms

Lakota singular
Lakotas plural

Etymology

Lakota comes from the people's own language, where Lakota means 'friends' or 'allies'. So a Lakota is a member of that people, and the name meaning 'the allied people' helps you remember it is the name of this Sioux group.