Lakota Tribe Research Paper

Lakota Tribe The Lakota Tribe was one of the many northern native american tribes. They were the only tribe to win a battle against the Americans, a battle known as the Battle of Little Bighorn.. They still exist today, and live in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota,and Nebraska. Religion, tools, and food were some of the most important things in their culture. The Lakota’s tools were very well-developed. They used bows, arrows, spears, clubs, and shields made from buffalo hide. They also used snares, and controlled fires to herd animals. These tools were very advanced for their time, especially them controlling fires. It made it so much easier to kill multiple animals at once by herding them. The snares helped them hunt while doing something else, waiting for it to catch something let them have more free time. …show more content…
They viewed life and the universe as incomprehensible, and believed that there was a mysterious force behind life, death, and growth. In their minds, everyone has their own spirit and they all make up a spiritual essence, “Wakan Tanka”, which is also what they called the animating force of the universe and anything else extremely difficult to understand. When born, they receive a spirit that stays with them throughout life, and goes back to the spirit world after death. They believe the earth was created like a song, in different parts, and they all came together to form “Black Hills’ which is where they originate. This tied into their culture by making them not anxious for death, and knowing where they came