Brave Bird at Wounded Knee: A Story of Protest...

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the middle of North America The Oglala are one band within the Lakota Nation Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is home to the Oglala Pine Ridge is also the name of the reservation's largest town In 1973 almost three thousand people lived in the town Early French trappers and settlers used the name Sioux for the Lakota Dakota and Nakota peoples The word probably comes from an insult used by a neighboring tribe This book uses Sioux only when needed to be historically correct Lakota is more specific and comes from the nation's own language Most Indigenous people all over the world prefer to use their own names instead of names given by others The Apache and Ojibwe nations are also mentioned Apache comes from a word that means enemy in the language of the Zuni a neighboring people The Apache nation's words for its own people are Inde or Diné Anishinaabe is the name preferred by the people of the Ojibwe nation If you ever have a question about what name is best for an individual or group you should ask them what they prefer