Sioux Indians

With the arrival of settlers in their territory the Sioux faced many challenges. European settlers brought many new and useful items, such as the horse, firearms and cloth. Unfortunately, they also brought new diseases for which the Sioux had no immunity. Cultural differences caused distrust, leading to numerous clashes and battles.

Treaties were made, then changed, then ignored. The Sioux and other nations were given reservation land to live on, but frequently they were relocated when valuable commodities such as gold were found on their lands.

The Sioux are now settled in the north central United States and central Canada.

most sioux indians are really tall...mostly the girls are 5'10 or 5'6...like me im 5'6 and a half and mostly the men are about 6'7 feet tall

The Plains tribes used tanned buffalo hides for the walls of their tipis. They were attached to poles, usually selected from the lodgepole pine trees. The poles were set together and the hides were sewn together and then wrapped around the poles, leaving an opening at the top as a smoke hole. The opening for the door was normally covered in hide.

Lodge poles were always being used so there was never any need to store them.

In camp the poles were erected to form the basis of the tipi; when moving from one camp ground to another the poles were used as "drags" or travois to carry packs, food, clothing, children and old people.

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The year was 1876 and Ulysses Grant was the President.

The Great Sioux Nation refers to several tribes of Native Americans who resided and still do in the United States and parts of Canada. There are three major divisions within the Sioux Nation based on dialect and subculture. Those three divisions are:

1.) The Isanti, meaning "knife", and reside in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa. They are often referred to as the Santee or Eastern Dakota.

2.) Ihanktowan-Ihanktwana, meaning "Village at the end" and "little village at the end", reside in the Minnesota river area and are considered to be the Middle Sioux. They are often referred to as Yankton or Western Dakota.

3,) Teton or Tetonwan, its meaning uncertain, perhaps meaning "Dwellers on the prairie", are the westernmost Sioux, and are the Sioux most often portrayed in films and paintings and stories because they are well known for their hunting and warrior culture. They are referred to as the Lakota.

Of these divisions, there are variances in terms of dialect but the two major dialects are Nakota and Lakota and the differences in pronunciation and word usage would be similar to that of England and the United States. Both languages can be spoken and understood by the peoples of the Great Sioux Nation. There is a limited amount of information about the Sioux language and for the most part was a language that survived through oral traditions. The language was put in written form by missionaries around 1840 and the language has evolved to incorporate words to accommodate for modern times, but it is difficult to gain access to the language on the inter net and in libraries and is a language better learned by spending time with the people who speak it.

That being said, there is a site that offers an extensive vocabulary list of Lakota words, but the poster apologizes up front for any misspelling or mistakes in translations. The words offered on that site for "new" and "beginning" are:

"Teca" and "Otoka", respectively.

It is unclear if "teca otoka" is how the Sioux would say "new beginnings", and it would be nice to have some one from the Great Sioux Nation answering questions here on Wikianswers as I too, would like to know how to say "new beginnings" in Lakota.

The site from which this translation was made is: Language.nativeweb.org/Lakota_translation.htm.

The Lakota word meaning faith or belief is wowichala or wowachinyeye.

This can be answered in the teachings of the medicine wheel. No one thing is greater than another. All things fit on the wheel of life....if one thing on the wheel of life is taken away then the wheel wobbles and all life and things suffer.

Different areas have different customs. I come from the Pueblo Pintado and Whitehorse Chapters and this is what I learned.

For Males (speaking to a male friend that is):

Close friend who is older than you - Shinaai (means my older brother, I's are high-tones)

Close friend who is younger - Shitsili (means my younger brother)

Casual greeting - Ashkii (means boy)

I don't know about women. There are different cultural rules on how the opposite sex interacts and calls one another. However if you want to be a romantic "John" to your lady friend, say "Oh shi Heart" (a Navajo joke lol)

I hope this was helpful.

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The Sioux Indian men can marry one or more woman. During their marrying season, a man will propose marriage to five or six women and two or three of them might say yes. The bargain will be sealed once the groom gave a horse to the bride's family.

Wiya is woman. Wicicila is for a young woman.

Light Hair, Red Woman, Snow on her, Her Four Robes, Seen By the Nation. People say he had 9 wives but Lakota officials say he only had 5. They also said there's about 6 other Sitting Bulls that were alive around the same time from different nations. So, I guess it depends on which one you're asking about.

They took the Indians land by overpowering them by breaking their treaties. The government or workers killed almost all the buffalo, the main source for Indians.

There was no one leader, as the Algonquin people were made of many different tribes. Each tribe had their own leader, and this role was passed down to other male family members; in present time, it is voted on democratically.

The paramount leader or chief of an Algonquian Indian tribe is called a sagamore or sachem.

Two leaders of the Algonquian nations were.Tecumseh and Pontiac.

They brought many diseases such as smallpox, measles and influenza. With so many leaders and older wise people dying, the Indian nations must have lost all their sense of direction. With so many priests disappearing among these very religious cultures, people must have anguished about how to properly continue honoring the spirits of their ancestors, and how to restore their own relationships with their gods. Yes, to be causing such misery -- to even take away the powers of all the old medicines -- the gods must be very angry. What had the Indians done to deserve such punishment?

The Sioux (Lakota, Nakota and Dakota) have a complicated naming system with six classes of names: birth order, honor, special deed, nicknames, sacred, and spirit names. The first name was given based on the gender and birth position of the child. The sacred and spirit names were only known to the individual and the Medicine Man.

A person could have several names during his/her lifetime, adapted to the individual at the time they were given to them.

Female names:

Chapa = beaver

Ehawee = laughing maid

Kimimela = butterfly

Ojinjintka = rose

Tahcawin = doe

Winona = first born daughter

Wichahpi = star

Male Names:

Chatan = hawk

Chayton = falcon

Enapay = appears bravely

Hanska = tall

Kangee = crow

Mato = bear

Wasechun Tashunka = American Horse

See Related Link for additional names.

The Sioux were finally defeated at Wounded Knee when soldiers opened fire, killing 300 of 350 men, women, and children. This was known as the Ghost Dance War.

The 1960's were probably just like the 1960's maybe just a little different. Yes, the woman were poor but their husband's were usually rich so what was the difference. Check the roles of woman in the 1950's because the 1950's and the 1960's are very much alike.