Oceti Sakowin

Oceti Šakowiŋ Oc̣eṭi Ṡakowiŋ Oc̣eṭi Ṡakowiƞ Oc̀eṫi S̀ak̄owiƞ English Etymology en dak Oceti Šakowiŋ or en lkt Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. Proper noun 1 the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Council Fires, a confederacy of seven Sioux-speaking peoples in existence at the time of American and Canadian expansion onto the Great Plains of North America. en Fred. C. Dayton The League of the Seven Council Fires Youth's Companion 66-67 504 1893 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Youth_s_Companion/3vdtDkrmYEEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA504&printsec=frontcover Little Big Man whispered that they were the yearly records of the Oceti Sakowin, and that never before had they been seen by a white man. en Anne M. Todd The Sioux: People of the Great Plains Capstone 2002 43 Oceti Sakowin people preserve their culture through wacipis. These gatherings, or powwows, feature a variety of events. en Oceti Sakowin – the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nations Lakota Times 2013-04-10 https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/oceti-sakowin-the-seven-council-fires-of-the-lakota-dakota-nakota-nations/ On April 4th and 5th, 2013, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe was the host for a meeting of the Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nations. Representatives from the original twenty-five member tribes included the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and Yankton Sioux Tribe. Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Cyril Scott said “It is a great honor and historic moment for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to sponsor a meeting of the Oceti Sakowin on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Reservation.” en Glasgow Museums to return seven stolen artefacts to India BBC News 2022-08-19 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-62604145 About 25 Lakota and Oceti Sakowin ancestor and cultural items will also be handed back to the Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes of South Dakota. en Morgan Matzen Christine Garst-Santos New SDSU program sparks Oceti Sakowin language revival Sioux Falls Argus Leader 2026-07-06 https://argusleader.com/story/news/education/2026/07/06/south-dakota-state-revives-oceti-sakowin-language-trains-teachers/90789127007/ “None of this happened by accident,” Garst-Santos said. “It happened because we believed that a relatively new, interdisciplinary school at a land-grant university in the heart of the original lands of the Oceti Sakowin had both the responsibility and the opportunity to do this work, and to do it well.” the group of Siouan languages, or dialects part of the same dialect continuum, that they speak. en Sioux en Ellen Koester SDSU faculty, students work to preserve Oceti Sakowin lcanguage South Dakota State University News 2026-04-09 https://www.sdstate.edu/news/2026/04/sdsu-faculty-students-work-preserve-oceti-sakowin-language Like Griffin, LaCroix didn’t grow up speaking Oceti Sakowin. en Languages Native Americans