Lakota Indian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (55,000 Lakota on reservations (mid-1990s) 103,255 Sioux on self-identified 1990 census) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States(  North Dakota and  South Dakota) |
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| Languages | |
| Lakota, English | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion, Sun Dance, Native American Church, Christianity |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| other members of Oceti Sakohowin (Sane, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Yankton, Yanktonai) |
The Lakȟóta people (pronounced [laˈkˣota]), also known as Teton, Thítȟuŋwaŋ ("prairie dwellers") and Teton Sioux, are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes, the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ or seven council fires, and as such are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains of North America. They speak the Lakota language, the westernmost of the three Siouan language groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota.
The seven bands or "sub-tribes" of the Lakota are:
Notable Lakota persons include Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) from the Húnkpapȟa band; Touch the Clouds from the Miniconjou band; and Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse), Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud), Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk), Siŋté Glešká (Spotted Tail), and Billy Mills from the Oglala band.
Siouan language speakers may have originated in the lower Mississippi River region and then migrated to or originated in the Ohio Valley. They were agriculturalists and may have been part of the Mound Builder civilization during the 9th–12th centuries CE. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Dakota-Lakota speakers lived in the upper Mississippi Region in present-day Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas. Conflicts with Anishnaabe and Cree peoples pushed the Lakota west onto the Great Plains in the mid- to late-17th century.
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