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Touch the Clouds, photo by James H. Hamilton, Spotted Tail Agency, Nebraska, in the fall of 1877. This is a list of notable people of Lakota ancestry.. Arthur Amiotte (Waŋblí Ta Hóčhoka Wašté) (born 1942), Oglala artist, educator, curator, and author
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (/ s uː / SOO; Dakota/Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ [oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ]) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.
Sioux Nation of Indians to award US$122 million to eight bands of Sioux Indians as compensation for their Black Hills land claims. The Sioux have refused the money, because accepting the settlement would legally terminate their demands for return of the Black Hills. The money remains in a Bureau of Indian Affairs account, accruing compound ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Native American origin" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
State flag of South Dakota Location of South Dakota on the U.S. map This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period in U.S. state of South Dakota. For a larger list by location, see People from South Dakota. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable ...
Sitting Bull (c. 1831 – 1890), Hunkpapa Sioux leader and performer; Amos Bad Heart Bull (c. 1868 – 1913), Oglala Lakota artist and historian; Grant Short Bull (c. 1851 – 1935), Oglala Lakota leader (he started being known, as an adult, with "Grant" before his traditional name, and passed "Short Bull" on in surname fashion in the male line of his descendants)
Spotted Elk (Lakota: Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká) was born about 1826, the son of Lakota Sioux chief Lone Horn (Heh-won-ge-chat). His family belonged to the Miniconjou ("Planters by the River") subgroup of the Teton Lakota (Sioux). In 1877, Spotted Elk became the chief of his tribe upon his father's death at the age of 87.
Michel "Mitch" Bouyer, Métis of French Canadian and Sioux ancestry; interpreter and guide in the Old West; lead scout with the US Seventh Cavalry; died along with Lt.Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876; James P. Brady, Métis politician and activist; Pierre Delorme, Métis politician and activist.