Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires)

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Cultural union Indigenous political confederation Traditional alliance

Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) is the traditional political and cultural union of the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota peoples, encompassing their seven allied tribal divisions on the Northern Plains.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oceti Sakowin	3

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cultural union ⓘ Indigenous political confederation ⓘ Traditional alliance ⓘ
composedOf	Seven allied tribal divisions ⓘ
culturalPractice	Buffalo hunting economy (historically) ⓘ Tipi dwelling tradition ⓘ
culturalRegion	Plains Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Siouan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceForm	Council-based decision making ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Seven Council Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConflictHistory	Great Sioux War of 1876–1877 (Lakota involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 (Dakota involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	Shared ceremonial system ⓘ Shared kinship system ⓘ Shared language continuum ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Seven Council Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernIssue	Treaty rights with United States government ⓘ
hasNotableLeader	Crazy Horse (Lakota leader) NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Crow (Dakota leader) NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Cloud (Lakota leader) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sitting Bull (Lakota leader) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition	Lakota spiritual practices ⓘ Sun Dance ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Hunkpapa Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Mdewakanton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicangu (Brulé) Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisseton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wahpekute Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wahpeton Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Yankton Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanktonai Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSymbol	Seven council fires NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritory	Parts of present-day Canada ⓘ Present-day Minnesota ⓘ Present-day Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Present-day Nebraska ⓘ Present-day North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Present-day South Dakota ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century United States expansion era ⓘ Pre-contact era ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ Northern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Sioux Nation (broad ethnographic sense) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesLanguage	Dakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota dialects ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Wahpeton Dakota → partOfBroaderNation → Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) ⓘ

Lakota → partOf → Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oceti Sakowin

Hunkpapa Lakota → partOf → Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oceti Sakowin

Yankton Sioux → partOf → Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oceti Sakowin