Sioux people

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First Nations people Indigenous people of North America Native American people

The Sioux people are a group of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples of the Great Plains, known for their rich cultural traditions, warrior society, and historical resistance to U.S. expansion.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dakota people	5
Sioux	5
Lakota	4
Lakota people	3
Nakota people	2
Dakota Sioux	1
Fighting Sioux	1
Lakota Sioux	1
Lakota women	1
Nakota Sioux	1
Oglala Lakota	1
Sioux peoples	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people of North America ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
colonialEncounterWith	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Canadian government United States government ⓘ
culturalRegion	Plains Indians ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
exonym	Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sioux
exonymOrigin	French adaptation of an Ojibwe term ⓘ
hasNotableLeader	Crazy Horse ⓘ Gall ⓘ Red Cloud ⓘ Sitting Bull ⓘ Spotted Tail ⓘ
historicalEvent	Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Little Bighorn Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 ⓘ Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 ⓘ Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
historicalTerritory	Black Hills ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains Missouri River Basin ⓘ surface form: Upper Missouri River region
knownFor	ledger art ⓘ plains beadwork ⓘ resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ tipi dwellings ⓘ warrior society ⓘ
languageFamily	Siouan languages ⓘ
nativeTo	Great Plains ⓘ North America ⓘ
populationTrend	continuing as a living culture ⓘ
presentIn	Alberta ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Montana ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ
selfDesignation	Dakota ⓘ Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lakota Dakota ⓘ surface form: Nakota
subgroup	Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dakota people Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lakota people Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nakota people
traditionalBelief	Wakan Tanka ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	bison hunting ⓘ horse culture ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Dakota language ⓘ Lakota language ⓘ Dakota language ⓘ surface form: Nakota language
traditionalPractice	Sun Dance ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Sioux spirituality ⓘ
treatyPartner	United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siouan languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sioux peoples

Siouan languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota people

Siouan languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota people

Siouan languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nakota people

Fort Snelling → associatedWithPeople → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota people

Sioux people → exonym → Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sioux

South Dakota → hasIndigenousPeople → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota Sioux

South Dakota → hasIndigenousPeople → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota Sioux

South Dakota → hasIndigenousPeople → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nakota Sioux

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasNotableNation → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota

Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota

Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sioux

Wounded Knee Massacre → hasTribeAffected → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oglala Lakota

Wounded Knee Massacre → hasVictimGroup → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota women

Great Plains → historicallyInhabitedBy → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota

Dakota County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota people

Sioux Center, Iowa → namedAfter → Sioux people ⓘ

Sioux City, Iowa → namedAfter → Sioux people ⓘ

Siouxland region → namedAfter → Sioux people ⓘ

Sioux County, Iowa → namedFor → Sioux people ⓘ

North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey → nickname → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sioux

North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey → nickname → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fighting Sioux

Devils Tower National Monument → sacredTo → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota people

Sioux people → selfDesignation → Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → signatory → Sioux people ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)

this entity surface form: Sioux

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → signatory → Sioux people ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1830)

this entity surface form: Sioux

Sioux people → subgroup → Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota people

Sioux people → subgroup → Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota people

Sioux people → subgroup → Sioux people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nakota people

Upper Mississippi Valley → wasInhabitedBy → Sioux people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakota people