Lakota
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- noun
- /ləˈkoʊtə/
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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.
- A friend of mine who I quote in the book, he's a part Lakota physician and psychiatrist.
- And it started out with just our local Ojibwe and Dakota Lakota community knowledge holders and elders.
- I walk out remembering that for a millennia we have called ourselves Lakota, meaning friend or ally.
- We have found you a son, and so our child is named Isaiah for one world, Lakota for the people who helped us find him.
- There are many names for it, Wonka Tonka amongst the Lakota, you know, Getichi Manitou amongst the Anishinabe.
Examples
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That's what the Lakota used to call the Black Hills in South Dakota.
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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.
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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.
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Traditional leaders of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples have reached consensus to reject the exploitation of ceremonial ways by non-Indians.
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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
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A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
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A person from the Native American tribes of the Great Plains who traditionally lived a nomadic life following buffalo
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9.6
A Native American person from the western Sioux group on the Great Plains
A person from the western Sioux group of Native American people who live on the plains
A person from a western Sioux group who lived on the Great Plains
A Native American people from the plains of North America with shared language and culture
A person who lives in a small community that shares the same customs
Surface Forms
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.