Lakota Sioux Warriors

by Donna Kennedy

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Lakota Sioux Warriors

Artist

Donna Kennedy

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Photograph - Digital Art

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Fine Art Photography and digital painting by Donna Kennedy...

The name Sioux derives from the Chippeway word “Nadowessioux” which means “Snake” or “Enemy.” The Sioux generally call themselves Lakota or Dakota, meaning “friends, allies, or to be friendly.” The Sioux are a proud people with a rich heritage. They were the masters of the North American plains and prairies, feared by other tribes from the great lakes to the Rockies.
Though the Sioux were known as great warriors, the family was considered the center of Sioux life. Children were called “Wakanisha” which meant sacred and were the center of attention.
The Sioux were a deeply spiritual people, believing in one all-pervasive god, Wakan Tanka, or the Great Mystery. Religious visions were cultivated and the people communed with the spirit world through music and dance.

In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sioux Indians were entitled to an award of $17.5 million, plus 5% interest per year since 1877, totaling about $106 million in compensation for the unjust taking of the Black Hills and in direct contravention of the Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Sioux have refused to take the money and it sits in a trust fund in Washington, collecting interest. Today, there is division among the Sioux as to whether to claim the money, therefore relinquishing their rights to the Black Hills forever, or to press for the return of the Black Hills. 0323

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