Sioux people

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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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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

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Yankton Sioux subgroupOf Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux
Fighting Sioux associatedEthnicGroup Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux
Henry Benjamin Whipple advocatedFor Sioux people
this entity surface form: Dakota (Sioux) people
James Mooney studied Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux peoples
James Mooney ethnicGroupResearched Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota Sioux
Alice Cunningham Fletcher ethnicGroupStudied Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux peoples
Assiniboine closelyRelatedTo Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux
Aaniiih people historicallyAssociatedWith Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux peoples
Aaniiih people historicalEnemy Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux peoples
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance Wacipi (powwow) ethnicGroupCelebrated Sioux people
subject surface form: Winona Dakota Unity Alliance Wacipi
this entity surface form: Dakota people
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance Wacipi (powwow) relatedTo Sioux people
subject surface form: Winona Dakota Unity Alliance Wacipi
this entity surface form: Dakota people
Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River interactedWith Sioux people
this entity surface form: Dakota (Sioux) people
Fort St. Anthony (early name) nearIndigenousLandsOf Sioux people
subject surface form: Fort St. Anthony
this entity surface form: Dakota (Sioux) people
Assiniboine people relatedEthnicGroup Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota people
Assiniboine people relatedEthnicGroup Sioux people
this entity surface form: Dakota people
Assiniboine people historicalConflict Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota people
Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake ethnicity Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux
Grand River area historicallyInhabitedBy Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota Sioux
Grand River area associatedTribe Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota Sioux
Grand River area culturalSignificanceFor Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota people
Gall (Lakota leader) associatedWithTribe Sioux people
subject surface form: Gall
this entity surface form: Sioux
Hunkpapa Lakota Nation ethnicGroupOf Sioux people
this entity surface form: Lakota people
Hunkpapa Lakota Nation partOf Sioux people
this entity surface form: Sioux