The name Sioux comes from Natawesiwak, that means enemy. The Chippewa gave this name. They were called themselves as Lakota, Dakota or Nakota, which means friend. These names are the dialects that their language evolved.
They come from the area of forests, and the constant conflicts with Ojibwa enemies forced them to lead a nomadic life on the meadows.
It was a nomadic and warlike people, and their traditional house was the Tipi, it is a kind of tent made of wooden poles and skins. In this era there was an important activity, the persecution of the wild buffalo, because they could extract a lot of resources for life from this animal, such as the meat for food, fur to make clothes and build houses and the horns to make weapons.
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These dances were presented in all the important events during their whole life, such us a birth, marriage or death of a member of their community or the declaration of war against another tribe. At the age of 6, a sorcerer initiated children into the secrets of the dance.
The way of communication for long distances, the Sioux used a particular system of sings. They had a code to use it during the day, with plumes and smoke, and other different during the night with flaming arrows. According to the quantity and frequency, they expressed different messages.
The Sioux fought on the British side during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In 1815, however, the eastern groups made treaties with the US, and in 1825 another treaty confirmed Sioux possession of an immense territory, which included part of the current Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Wyoming.
In 1837 the Sioux sold the eastern part of its territory, and the remainder in 1851, because the settlers pushed the Sioux out of the lands.
After several conflicts, the Red Cloud's War (1866) ended in a treaty granting the Black Hills in perpetuity to the Sioux. The treaty was not fulfilled and in the seventies, miners and people who looked for gold flooded the
They come from the area of forests, and the constant conflicts with Ojibwa enemies forced them to lead a nomadic life on the meadows.
It was a nomadic and warlike people, and their traditional house was the Tipi, it is a kind of tent made of wooden poles and skins. In this era there was an important activity, the persecution of the wild buffalo, because they could extract a lot of resources for life from this animal, such as the meat for food, fur to make clothes and build houses and the horns to make weapons.
Apart from …show more content…
These dances were presented in all the important events during their whole life, such us a birth, marriage or death of a member of their community or the declaration of war against another tribe. At the age of 6, a sorcerer initiated children into the secrets of the dance.
The way of communication for long distances, the Sioux used a particular system of sings. They had a code to use it during the day, with plumes and smoke, and other different during the night with flaming arrows. According to the quantity and frequency, they expressed different messages.
The Sioux fought on the British side during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In 1815, however, the eastern groups made treaties with the US, and in 1825 another treaty confirmed Sioux possession of an immense territory, which included part of the current Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Wyoming.
In 1837 the Sioux sold the eastern part of its territory, and the remainder in 1851, because the settlers pushed the Sioux out of the lands.
After several conflicts, the Red Cloud's War (1866) ended in a treaty granting the Black Hills in perpetuity to the Sioux. The treaty was not fulfilled and in the seventies, miners and people who looked for gold flooded the