LAKOTA RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. Lakota, meaning “friends or allies
are Plains Indian peoples. They represent the largest of three divisions within the political body known as the Titonwan, along with the Dakota and Nakota. The Lakota are also known as the Western Sioux, although the latter is a pejorative name meaning “snakes in the grass, ” applied to them by Algo...
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| Summary: | are Plains Indian peoples. They represent the largest of three divisions within the political body known as the Titonwan, along with the Dakota and Nakota. The Lakota are also known as the Western Sioux, although the latter is a pejorative name meaning “snakes in the grass, ” applied to them by Algonquian-speaking neigh-bors to the east. Lakota also designates the language spoken by the seven bands of the Oceti Sakowin (seven council |
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