Sioux language
Siouan language spoken by over 30,000 Sioux in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken indigenous language in the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuit languages, and Ojibwe.
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Dakota language
Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Sioux tribes.
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Great Sioux Nation
Traditional political structure of the Sioux in North America.
The peoples who speak the Sioux language are considered to be members of the Oceti Sakowin (Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, pronounced ) or Seven Council Fires.
South Dakota
South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga, ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States.
Siouan languages
Language family of North America that is located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few other languages in the east.
The Western Siouan languages can be divided into Missouri River languages (such as Crow and Hidatsa), Mandan, Mississippi River languages (such as Dakotan, Chiwere-Winnebago, and Dhegihan languages), and Ohio Valley Siouan branches.
Lakota language
Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes.
Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Western Dakota, and is one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language.
Stoney language
Member of the Dakota subgroup of the Mississippi Valley grouping of the Siouan languages.
The following table shows some of the main phonetic differences between Stoney, Assiniboine, and the three dialects (Lakota, Yankton-Yanktonai and Santee-Sisseton) of Sioux.
Assiniboine language
Nakotan Siouan language of the Northern Plains.
Along with the closely related Stoney, Assiniboine is an n variety of the Dakotan languages, meaning its autonym is pronounced with an initial n (thus: Nakʰóta as opposed to Dakʰóta or Lakʰóta, and Nakʰóda or Nakʰóna as opposed to Dakʰód or Lakʰól).
White buffalo
American bison possessing white fur, and is considered sacred or spiritually significant in several Native American religions; therefore, such buffalo are often visited for prayer and other religious rituals.
Mahpiya Ska (Sioux language) or White Cloud was an albino female buffalo born on July 10, 1996 at Shirek Buffalo Ranch. After her birth, she was loaned to the City of Jamestown, North Dakota where she lived out the most of her life. Through genetic testing, she was certified a true Albino American Bison. She died on November 14, 2016, shortly after being returned to her birthplace.
Wasioja Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
Township in Dodge County, Minnesota.
Wasioja is the native Sioux language name for the Zumbro River.
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, about 9 miles west of Minneapolis.
The name comes from the Dakota Sioux mni tanka, meaning "great water".