Lakota

American  

[luh-koh-tuh] / ləˈkoʊ tə /

Or Lakhota

noun

1. another name for Teton.

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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

At the time these lands were a part of the Great Sioux Reservation, guaranteed to the Lakotas in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

Your mom, who’s Lakota and your dad, who’s white, raised you and your twin brother in Montana near Glacier National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times