World culture and heritage have been the benchmark of Human existence throughout the ages. History has had it that culture has determined Human progress in all avenues of development that has seen us advanced to presently observable levels. Lucrative For Progress It could be said that these planes of developments that we have emerged through […]
Food was sacred for the Lakotan people and the due respect was given to the food they consumed. They had many ways to find food from the environment they lived. Women as well as men had defined roles in the process of obtaining food. The Lakota were dependant on the Bison as their primary food […]
The Lakota people consider the whole life as sacred. There are some values that they hold high and these are important for their ceremonies, beliefs, and teachings. Elders shared these values with the youngsters in their oral tradition and passed them to the subsequent generations. Wacantognaka or generosity is the first value taught which means […]
For the Lakotas, their Chiefs, Holy men, Warriors, and the Medicine men were the leaders and greats. Throughout the history, there were many notable Lakota greats who fought for the freedom and rights of their people and hugely contributed to the progress and betterment of the tribe and the great Sioux nation as a whole. […]
Lakota people speak the Lakota Teton or the Teton Sioux language which falls under one of the world’s primary language families, the Siouan-Catawban. Languages in this family can be broadly divided into two classes, the Western Siouan (Siouan proper) and the Catawban languages. The Siouan Proper languages are further categorized into Missouri river languages, Mandan, […]