Sioux The Great Sioux Nation Pins and Buttons

The Falls Park has been the center of recreation and industry from the founding of the city in 1856. In 1839 French explorers described the Falls Park of the Big Sioux River as an area of beautiful and picturesque as any they had ever seen.

Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ in Standard Lakota Orthography; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th centuries, as he fought to deflect the worst effects of white rule; educate his people and preserve sacred Oglala Lakota land and heritage. Chief Flying Hawk was a combatant in Red Cloud's War and in nearly all of the fights with the U.S. Army during the Great Sioux War of 1876. He fought alongside his first cousin Crazy Horse and his brothers Kicking Bear and Black Fox II in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and was present at the de...

Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ in Standard Lakota Orthography; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th centuries, as he fought to deflect the worst effects of white rule; educate his people and preserve sacred Oglala Lakota land and heritage. Chief Flying Hawk was a combatant in Red Cloud's War and in nearly all of the fights with the U.S. Army during the Great Sioux War of 1876. He fought alongside his first cousin Crazy Horse and his brothers Kicking Bear and Black Fox II in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and was present at the de...

Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ in Standard Lakota Orthography; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th centuries, as he fought to deflect the worst effects of white rule; educate his people and preserve sacred Oglala Lakota land and heritage. Chief Flying Hawk was a combatant in Red Cloud's War and in nearly all of the fights with the U.S. Army during the Great Sioux War of 1876. He fought alongside his first cousin Crazy Horse and his brothers Kicking Bear and Black Fox II in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and was present at the de...

Native American Proverbs: "A People Without History is Like the Wind on the Buffalo Grass" - Lakota Sioux Nation, Dakotas, United States -- Evoking the resilience or the Lakota Spirit -- The Lakota are Native Americans that make up the confederation of the Great Sioux Nation, along with Western Dakota and Eastern Dakota tribes. Lakota means 'friends' or 'allies', while Sioux is the name for this large alliance of North American Indian tribes of the Midwest. The Sioux were known for their warrior culture and expert hunting skills. -- The Lakota people are historically nomadic and used the sun and stars as the guide to their migration. In 1700, the Lakota people began acquiring horses. This allowed them to hunt buffalo, as well as dominate th

Native American Proverbs: "A People Without History is Like the Wind on the Buffalo Grass" - Lakota Sioux Nation, Dakotas, United States -- Evoking the resilience or the Lakota Spirit -- The Lakota are Native Americans that make up the confederation of the Great Sioux Nation, along with Western Dakota and Eastern Dakota tribes. Lakota means 'friends' or 'allies', while Sioux is the name for this large alliance of North American Indian tribes of the Midwest. The Sioux were known for their warrior culture and expert hunting skills. -- The Lakota people are historically nomadic and used the sun and stars as the guide to their migration. In 1700, the Lakota people began acquiring horses. This allowed them to hunt buffalo, on a Dark Background

Native American Proverbs: "A People Without History is Like the Wind on the Buffalo Grass" - Lakota Sioux Nation, Dakotas, United States -- Evoking the resilience or the Lakota Spirit -- The Lakota are Native Americans that make up the confederation of the Great Sioux Nation, along with Western Dakota and Eastern Dakota tribes. Lakota means 'friends' or 'allies', while Sioux is the name for this large alliance of North American Indian tribes of the Midwest. The Sioux were known for their warrior culture and expert hunting skills. -- The Lakota people are historically nomadic and used the sun and stars as the guide to their migration. In 1700, the Lakota people began acquiring horses. on a Dark Background

Native American Proverbs: "A People Without History is Like the Wind on the Buffalo Grass" - Lakota Sioux Nation, Dakotas, United States -- Evoking the resilience or the Lakota Spirit -- The Lakota are Native Americans that make up the confederation of the Great Sioux Nation, along with Western Dakota and Eastern Dakota tribes. Lakota means 'friends' or 'allies', while Sioux is the name for this large alliance of North American Indian tribes of the Midwest. The Sioux were known for their warrior culture and expert hunting skills. -- The Lakota people are historically nomadic and used the sun and stars as the guide to their migration. In 1700, the Lakota people began acquiring horses.

Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota: Čhetáŋ Kiŋyáŋ in Standard Lakota Orthography; a/k/a Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th centuries, as he fought to deflect the worst effects of white rule; educate his people and preserve sacred Oglala Lakota land and heritage. Chief Flying Hawk was a combatant in Red Cloud's War and in nearly all of the fights with the U.S. Army during the Great Sioux War of 1876. He fought alongside his first cousin Crazy Horse and his brothers Kicking Bear and Black Fox II in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and was present at the de...

The Ghost Dance (Natdia) is a spiritual movement that came about in the late 1880s when conditions were bad on Indian reservations and Native Americans needed something to give them hope.

The Ghost Dance (Natdia) is a spiritual movement that came about in the late 1880s when conditions were bad on Indian reservations and Native Americans needed something to give them hope.

The Oglala Lakota or Oglala Sioux (pronounced [oɡəˈlala], meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Nakota and Dakota, make up the Great Sioux Nation. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States. The Oglala are a federally recognized tribe whose official title is the Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously called the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota). Of note, however, some Oglala reject the term "Sioux" because it was a name give to them by the Chippewa Nation, who were historically enemies of the Lakota. The term means "snake" an...