Sioux
Let an agent explain the Oceti Sakowin peoples and their divisions using their own names, relay history, language and contemporary nations from tribal and scholarly sources with attribution, describe treaty rights and current issues neutrally, and distinguish the peoples from the Siouan language family and from stereotypes.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Oceti Sakowin peoples and their divisions using their own names, relay history, language and contemporary nations from tribal and scholarly sources with attribution, describe treaty rights and current issues neutrally, and distinguish the peoples from the Siouan language family and from stereotypes.
A group of Native American peoples of the northern Great Plains who call themselves the Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires, comprising the Dakota, including the Santee bands such as the Wahpeton and Wahpekute, the Nakota or Yankton and Yanktonai, and the Lakota, speaking closely related Siouan dialects and organised today in federally recognised nations such as the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the United States and First Nations in Canada; the name Sioux is an exonym of Ojibwe origin, and many prefer their own nation names.
What it is for: Not applicable; peoples.
It can be explain divisions and names; relay history and language; describe nations and rights; distinguish from language family.
Distinguishing features
Seven Council Fires
Dakota, Nakota, Lakota divisions
Plains culture and history
Treaty nations today
What it looks like
Not a visible object; peoples of the northern Plains.
Physical character
enrolled citizens: over 170000 count - estimates across nations
Fort Laramie Treaty: 1868 year - Great Sioux Reservation
federally recognised Sioux nations: about 16 count - in the US
How it is recognised
Oceti Sakowin peoples: Dakota, Nakota and Lakota
Santee Dakota bands such as Wahpeton and Wahpekute, Yankton, Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and other nations
The Siouan language family is wider; Cheyenne and Crow are distinct peoples
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
speaks - Dakota and Lakota dialects
is party to - with the United States
is organised as - among other nations
In practice
Families and kinds
Dakota including the Santee bands Mdewakanton, Wahpekute, Wahpeton and Sisseton
Nakota or Western Dakota including Yankton and Yanktonai
Lakota including the Oglala, Sicangu, Hunkpapa and other bands
contemporary nations such as the Cheyenne River, Oglala, Rosebud and Standing Rock Sioux Tribes
Dakota and Lakota First Nations in Canada
Standards and regulation
Treaties and federal Indian law in the United States
Canadian Indian Act and treaties
Tribal constitutions and sovereignty
Repatriation and cultural protection laws such as NAGPRA
Failure modes and hazards
Using the exonym without noting self-designations
Stereotyping Plains peoples
One-sided accounts of conflicts and treaties
Conflating peoples with the language family
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand Who the Oceti Sakowin are.
Attribution.
Definition
Names and divisions.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are the Oceti Sakowin, what are the Dakota, Nakota and Lakota divisions and bands, and why is Sioux an exonym? definition
- Is the question about the peoples, a specific nation, the language or a stereotype? boundary
Nations
Nations today.
Nations
Nations.
- What are the federally recognised nations and Canadian First Nations, and how do they govern themselves? definition
- Which entry fits the specific nation? action
Culture Language and culture.
Sources.
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- What are the Dakota and Lakota dialects, and what revitalisation efforts exist? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are key cultural traditions, spirituality and arts, presented with respect and as the peoples describe them? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
History History.
Attribution.
Past
History.
Past
Past.
- How did the peoples move onto the Plains, and what happened in the treaties, wars and events such as Wounded Knee, as tribal and academic historians describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Treaties
Treaties and land.
Treaties
Treaties.
- What do the Fort Laramie treaties and the Black Hills claim involve, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Today.
Context.
Issues
Current issues.
Issues
Issues.
- What contemporary issues, from Standing Rock to health and economic development, do the nations raise, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific issue? action
People
Notable people.
People
People.
- Who are notable Dakota, Nakota and Lakota people, historical and contemporary? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific person? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Dakota, Lakota and the individual nations be separate primary entries?
- How should tribal and scholarly sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming bands and a specific nation; should they be split off?