Oceti Šakowiŋ

Dakota

Etymology

See oceti and šakowiŋ (“seven”).

Pronunciation

http://www.beginningdakota.org/audio/1_1.mp3

Proper noun

Oceti Šakowiŋ

1. the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Council Fires, a confederacy of seven Sioux-speaking peoples in existence at the time of American and Canadian expansion onto the Great Plains of North America
2. the territory governed by this council
3. the modern-day governing bodies descended from the historic council
4. a proposed modern-day nation state based on the historic confederacy