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Dakota, Sioux, Lakota Tribes. By: Melissa Agro Billy Asbell David Dyer Morgan Ruetty. Name. The Sioux Tribe has many different names such as, Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota. Lakota means “people of the forest”. Dakota means “friend” or “ally”.
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Dakota, Sioux, Lakota Tribes By: Melissa Agro Billy Asbell David Dyer Morgan Ruetty
Name • The Sioux Tribe has many different names such as, Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota. • Lakota means “people of the forest”. • Dakota means “friend” or “ally” http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bp3.blogger.com
Territory • The Sioux live in the Great Plains (sometimes referred to as the Plain Indians). • Live in the northern forests and along the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
Territory http://www.hazelb.co.uk/sites/haukola/images/sioux_tribe1.gif
Environment/landscape • They live on the North and South Dakota border. • The landscape of the Sioux tribe was mostly of plains. • Whenever they moved around, they were fairly near the Missouri River. http://www.standingrock.org/image/cache/rockflag1.gif
Food • Hunted: • Moose, Deer, Elk, Muskrats, Badgers, Otters, Raccoons, Fish, Buffalo, Pigeons, Cranes, Ducks, and Geese depending on the season. • In the Dakota Garden • Corn, Pumpkins, Beans, Melons, “Dakota Turnip” http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bp0.blogger.com
Clothing • Buffalo hides were used to make • Robes, Tipi covers, clothing, moccasins, Bags, and Carrying cases. • Deer and Elk were also used to make clothes • The women used beads and bones and other natural objects that they thought were beautiful to decorate their clothing. • Women wore: • Dresses and leggings. • Men wore: • Shirts and breechcloths. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co05192001/Art/Warshirt.jpg
Housing • They lived in tipis • The tipis could be moved easily so that they could follow the buffalo. • It would sometimes take 16-18 buffalo hides sewn together to cover one tipi • The cover was held together by wooden pins • There would be a whole in the top to allow smoke to leave the tipi so that fires could be built inside. • There was a smoke flap that would control the temperature inside and keep rain and snow out. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sonofthesouth.net
Spiritual Beliefs • The Sioux believe that everything has its own spirit that could change and show itself in a different way. • They had ceremonies which were centered around one certain spirit. • The Sun Dance is a regular custom that takes place before each buffalo hunt. http://www.deathreference.com/images/medd_01_img0058.jpg
Spiritual Beliefs • The Sioux Tribe would pray to Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit which was the spirit of the East, West, North and South, Mother Earth, and to the Six Directions. • The Great Spirit represented the unity of all spirits as one. • Sometimes the men in the tribe would pray in solitude for days at a time. http://snoedel.punt.nl/upload/pla.0/mini-Sioux-Courtship.jpg
Transportation • The tribe had horses by the mid 1700’s. • They used these to travel and hunt buffalo witch they depended heavily on. • They were able to travel longer distances than any other Dakota tribes. • For long distance travels, the tribe used a travois, which is the French word for shafts of a cart • The carts were made out of a cart with two wooden poles • For travel by water they used boats covered in bark and buffalo hide http://sharonsharpe.com/images/travois.jpg