Great Sioux Nation

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Indigenous confederation Native American nation Sioux political entity

The Great Sioux Nation is a confederation of Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Sioux tribes historically occupying a vast territory of the Northern Great Plains and known for their rich cultural traditions and resistance to U.S. expansion.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sioux Nation	5
Lakota Nation	2
Lakota nation	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous confederation ⓘ Native American nation ⓘ Sioux political entity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oceti Sakowin NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Council Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ
artForm	beadwork ⓘ ledger art ⓘ quillwork ⓘ
conflictWith	U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryStatus	sovereign tribal nations within the United States ⓘ
culturalRegion	Plains Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalValue	kinship and extended family ⓘ respect for the buffalo ⓘ spiritual relationship with the land ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalTerritoryIncludes	parts of present-day Colorado ⓘ parts of present-day Iowa ⓘ present-day Minnesota ⓘ present-day Montana ⓘ present-day Nebraska ⓘ present-day North Dakota ⓘ present-day South Dakota ⓘ present-day Wyoming ⓘ
includesLanguage	Dakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	elaborate oral traditions ⓘ equestrian warrior culture ⓘ resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ tipi dwellings ⓘ
languageFamily	Siouan languages ⓘ
legalIssue	Black Hills land claims dispute ⓘ
locatedInThePast	Northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConflict	Dakota War of 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Sioux War of 1876–1877 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	traditional Sioux spirituality ⓘ
religiousPractice	Sun Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ
socialOrganization	band-based society ⓘ clan system ⓘ
spiritualFigure	wicasa wakan (holy man) NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalGovernment	Seven Council Fires system NERFINISHED ⓘ council of chiefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	bison hunting ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ limited agriculture ⓘ
treatyPartyTo	Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Spotted Tail → associatedWith → Great Sioux Nation ⓘ

Black Hills → claimedBy → Great Sioux Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota Nation

Lakota → divisionOf → Great Sioux Nation ⓘ