Te·ton

or Te·ton Sioux (tē′tŏn′)

n. pl. Teton or Te·tons or Teton Sioux

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Teton Sioux - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains

Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota

Brule - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

Hunkpapa - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains

Miniconju - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

Ogalala, 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

Sihasapa - a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Two Kettle - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

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A South Dakota state grant has enabled He Dog Elementary and Todd County Middle School to teach students the region's Lakota language and history.

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She focuses on the composition and structure of Lakota oral style by examining the work of George Sword, who used the English alphabet to write in the Lakota language during the period 1896 to 1910.

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"The Greatest thing that we need to do is to remember the Great Spirit, God, every day and every night," Flying Bye asserts, "Every chance we get, we need to pray that the Family will stand." "Every chance we get, we need to honor our relatives, to talk with our relatives," he states, "we need to learn our language and our ways and be happy with that." Putting the Moccasins Back On features Hunkpapa Lakota Holy Man, Joseph Flying Bye, shares his tribal traditions and Lakota language in a new CD.

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He authored Reading and Writing the Lakota Language, and co-produced the book and CD Lakota Ceremonial Songs.

Albert White Hat: linguist and author preserved Lakota language

The Lakota language is well documented from the early work of missionaries and later revisions by linguistic experts and tribal members.

Tribal college program teaches Lakota language to youngsters

The Lakota language comes from the Sioux tribes who moved from the Great Lakes region to the plains of what are now the Dakotas.

Prayers for the people who bump into things: honoring those we have dishonored is one way to get up when we fall, one way to get back on the way. But we have to be careful

He spoke to the gathering in the Lakota language with the traditional words, "Mitakuye Oyasin," which means we are all related.

A steward of American Indian education: David Gipp has been involved in the tribal college movement from the beginning and continues to play a vital role

Some of the issues raised in the appeal include: The permit was signed by the Board before the plaintiffs were given the opportunity to present their objections; the Board failed to consider the plaintiffs' written exhibits; the Board failed to provide Lakota language interpreters for two of the elderly members of the DBH, making it impossible for the Board to understand the concerns of the elders; and the Board's practice of allowing the mining company to present data on the quality of the underground water when the mining process itself will contaminate the water.

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Ironically, it was Albert's Christian education that helped drive his desire to write a Lakota language textbook.

Honoring the elders: interviews with two Lakota men

She then translated them from the Lakota language. However, she has worked to preserve her mother's voice by providing the Lakota phrase for almost everything discussed.

Delphine Red Shirt. Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter

At least one daily class in school is devoted to the Lakota language and traditions.

The Sioux today: what is life like for the kids of Pine Ridge? (USA)