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The Dakota Nation includes the native peoples who once lived in the northern forests and along the upper Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. In time, the Dakota Nation divided into three groups (Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota), each moving in different directions but still maintaining close ties to one another.

The Lakota are one division of the Dakota Nation, also known as the Western Dakota or Teton. When the Dakota Nation split into three main groups, the Lakota moved from northern Minnesota to the plains north of the Black Hills to the Platte River, and westward into present day Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Known as the great buffalo hunters of the west, the Lakota are the largest division of the Dakota Nation.

The Lakota were the first of the Dakota to leave the forest. They headed out west and lived a migratory life, following the buffalo they needed for food, clothing, and shelter. Even though they ranged far from their Minnesota homeland, they still brought back furs to trade into southern Minnesota each summer.

The Lakota consist of seven main bands today:

Sihasapa- Reservations at: Cheyenne River, Standing Rock

Oohenumpa- Reservation at: Cheyenne River

Miniconjou- Reservation at: Cheyenne River

Hunkpapa- Reservation at: Standing Rock

Itazipco- Reservation at: Cheyenne River

Sicangu- Reservation at: Rosebud

Oglala- Reservation at: Pine Ridge

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Links

Lakhota.com

Lakota Language Consortium

Dakota/Lakota Language Lessons

Lakota Country Times

References:

Minnesota Historical Society

    1970  The Dakota or Sioux. Gopher Historian Leaflet Series Number 5. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

 

Where we are today

    Electronic document Former link: http://drivinghawk.com/today.htm.