Oglala
Americannoun
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a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota Indians.
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the language of the Oglala, a dialect of Dakota.
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Tribal leaders said a witness, another tribe member, saw the men detained and identified them as part of the Oglala Sioux.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of the Ojibwe Tribe, said her team and lawyers were trying to help the Oglala Sioux secure the men’s release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is demanding the release of three tribal members detained by ICE officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota last Friday.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
Democratic incumbent Red Dawn Foster, a member of the Navajo and Oglala Lakota nations, is facing a challenge from Gerald Cournoyer, also a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
He joined the Oglala Lakota in solidarity with their cause.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
All are almost totally dependent on the Federal Government, which long ago signed treaties with the Oglalas promising education, health and welfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
His count showed more coups, or strike-the-enemy feats, than the count of any other warrior of the Oglalas.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
On the Missouri River at the middle north line of South Dakota there was the Standing Rock reservation, where lived Sitting Bull and many of the Hunkpapas and Oglalas whom he had led.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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