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Lakota

American  
[luh-koh-tuh] / ləˈkoʊ tə /
Or Lakhota

noun

  1. another name for Teton.


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Airbus is also working on an unmanned version of the H145 helicopter, known as the Lakota in the United States, for the US Navy, a major customer for the conventional model.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The Lakota leader Sitting Bull defeated George Custer’s cavalry, but a sustained conflict with American forces proved ruinous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

His breakthrough came in 1990 when he played Kicking Bird, a Lakota medicine man, in Dances With Wolves.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

“We don’t represent the Navajo people,” says the actor, who is of Lakota, Irish and German descent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Horses were one reason the Lakota became a strong nation and controlled a large territory.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

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