Native American Nations: Sioux

Native American Nations: Sioux — page 1
CHAPTER 1 Homelands The Sioux name comes from the Ojibwa word Nadouessioux nay-doo-we-sue It means little snakes or lesser enemies In the 1700s French traders and trappers shortened this Ojibwa word to Sioux However the Sioux nation call themselves Oceti Sakowin oh-shet-ee shah-ko-ween which means Seven Council Fires Many Sioux creation stories say their homelands were in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota The Black Hills are sacred to the Sioux people Others say the Sioux came from the woodlands of present-day northern Minnesota By the time Europeans arrived in America the Sioux controlled most of the Great Plains 4