Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the largest and westernmost of the Sioux, made up of seven groups including the Oglala, Hunkpapa, Brulé, Miniconjou, and Sihasapa. The Lakota became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating westward in the 1700s and figured prominently in the resistance to white encroachment on the northern Great Plains.
- noun The Siouan language of the Lakota.
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- proper noun A
Native American tribe, also known as theSioux , now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations. - proper noun The language spoken by the Lakota.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota, is the editor and publisher of Native Sun News.
Tim Giago: Reconciling By Dancing to the Beat of Many Drums Tim Giago 2010
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Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota, is the editor and publisher of Native Sun News.
Tim Giago: Disguising Themselves as Indians Was an Act of Cowardice Tim Giago 2010
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Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota, is the editor and publisher of Native Sun News.
Tim Giago: Reconciling By Dancing to the Beat of Many Drums Tim Giago 2010
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Next, they will try to put our national anthem in Lakota!
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His Indians, not the Shoshone perhaps, but Halsey, Sitting Bull and the Lakota are all part of that pendulum swing era of Little Big Man, Soldier Blue, etc.
Buffalo Bill! The thrill of my life to have invented you! 2010
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The Lakota is the native word for one of the 3 nations of the "Sioux" tribe, the other 2 are known as the Nakota, and Dakota.
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When I was living on the reservation in south dakota for a short while I tried learning a bit of Lakota, which is the fiercely dying out language of the Sioux tribe.
lily-white Diary Entry lily-white 2002
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"The Lakota is the most capable light utility helicopter in the world today -- built here in the United States, and being delivered on time, on budget and on performance."
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The Lakota are a different group, their language is not of our Dakota people ... their dialect is very different ...
unknown title 2009
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Supporters of the play may think that now 'there are none' to stand up and respond, but this too is a sign of deep and abiding ignorance - the same ignorance that allows them to unabashedly use the name 'Lakota' and stick 'tomahawks' in the helmets of their team.
Agatha Christie Banned in Ohio Bill Crider 2007
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