1 gen 1872 anni - The "Sioux"

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The Oceti Sakowin (OH-CHET-EE SHOK-OH-EE) are a tribal nation in the United States known commonly by the exonym "Sioux", derived from the French name for said nation.

Originally inhabiting the area of Lake Superior, conflict with their local rivals the Ojibwe would drive the Sioux south, where they would settle in the Great Plains in the 18th century.

The two main groups of this nation were the Lakota and the Dakota.

The Dakota would involve themselves with the United States throughout the 19th century, making numerous treaties with the US Government, which were often partially or entirely reneged upon. In response to one such breaking of a treaty, the Dakota war of 1862 was fought by starving Dakotas. It would ultimately result in the forced relocation of many Dakota and the largest mass execution in US history with the hanging of 38 Dakota men.

The Lakota however would become most notable elsewhere, on the Great Plains and for their adoption of horse culture after their introduction to said animal. In time the Lakota dependency on horses and buffalo would become well known, and sometimes used against them. They would become known for their aggressiveness, defeating many enemies and by the 1850s would be the most powerful tribe on the plains.

The US government would attempt to pacify the Lakota Sioux with numerous treaties that were in most cases not respected fully by either side, particularly when minerals such as gold were discovered on Sioux land and the US government did little to stop the subsequent deluge of American settlers.

In 1872 an alliance of Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho would fight the US government, winning successful engagements such as Little Bighorn in which General Custer was killed and his army destroyed. Ultimately however the Sioux would be forced to surrender, with few managing to make it North to Canada and escape the US Government.

Lakota leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull would both surrender to the US government with Crazy Horse being murdered by a US soldier in 1877 via bayonet.

Sitting Bull would go on to work as a part of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" and would become a good friend of Annie Oakley, who he symbolically "adopted". He would later be shot dead by a US government agent during the "Ghost Dance" panic of 1890.

Two weeks later the wounded Knee massacre would occur, in which 90 Sioux 'fighters' and 200 civilians, including women and children, would be murdered by US soldiers.

Many thousands of Sioux would be forcibly assimilated into American culture, while many others lived on the ever decreasing reservation which still exists today, in a much reduced size.

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