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Oglala

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O·gla·la  (-gläl)
n. pl. Oglala or O·gla·las
1. A Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Teton Sioux, formerly inhabiting the Black Hills region of western South Dakota, with a present-day population mainly in southwest South Dakota.
2. A member of this people.
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Noun1.Oglala - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota
Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
2.Oglala - a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala
Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux


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The artist-author gives full tribute to her many sources of inspiration for "Buffalo" in a note from the author at the end, mentioning Indian historians such as Eaglelance and Nupa Kte of the Oglala Sioux, and Chief Washake of the Shoshone tribe, who said "A people without a history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a recent article [Green 2009], this author described a painted muslin dance shield that once belonged to the Oglala Sioux chief, Iron Tail (Sinte Maza), acquired from his close personal friend and adopted son, Frederick B.
Since the end of 1998, "Lakota Fund has made 338 micro loans to members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
 
 
 
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