plural Lakota also Lakotas
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: a member of a western division of the Dakota peoples
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: a dialect of Dakota
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Luger, who was born on Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and is Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, found inspiration in structures created by Indigenous people in the South Pacific in the 1940s.
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Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Felipe Rose, a New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Lakota/Sioux background who dressed in Native American garb, was one of the club’s dancers, often performing with bells on his feet.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
Tribal colleges such as North Dakota’s United Tribes Technical College and Turtle Mountain Community College, which serves tribes such as the Lakota, Mandan and Hidatsa, use federal funding to pay for at least 74% of operations.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
The people who try to tame the wild horse talk, as does the Lakota Indian who escapes captivity with him, and the result is a story that plays with your preconceptions of what Americana and an animal adventure can be.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Felipe Rose, a New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Lakota/Sioux background who dressed in Native American garb, was one of the club’s dancers, often performing with bells on his feet.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
Tribal colleges such as North Dakota’s United Tribes Technical College and Turtle Mountain Community College, which serves tribes such as the Lakota, Mandan and Hidatsa, use federal funding to pay for at least 74% of operations.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
The people who try to tame the wild horse talk, as does the Lakota Indian who escapes captivity with him, and the result is a story that plays with your preconceptions of what Americana and an animal adventure can be.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Lakota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lakota. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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