Seven Council Fires

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The Seven Council Fires, or Oceti Sakowin, is the traditional alliance of the seven related Sioux (Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota) tribal divisions that share a common cultural and political heritage.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group ⓘ
political confederation ⓘ
tribal alliance ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalHeritage horse culture ⓘ
shared kinship system ⓘ
shared oral traditions ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people
governedBy council of chiefs ⓘ
hasConcept mitakuye oyasin ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Sun Dance ⓘ
sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ
hasMember Dakota ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
Nakota ⓘ
hasPart Mdewakanton ⓘ
linked to: Mdewakanton Dakota

Sisseton ⓘ
Teton ⓘ
linked to: Shoshone

Wahpekute ⓘ
Wahpeton ⓘ
linked to: Wahpeton Dakota

Yankton ⓘ
Yanktonai ⓘ
hasSymbol seven campfires ⓘ
historicalRegion Dakotas ⓘ
linked to: Dakota (Sioux)

Minnesota River Valley ⓘ
Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
involvedIn Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
United States ⓘ
nativeName Oceti Sakowin ⓘ
opposedBy United States government ⓘ
politicalStructure alliance of bands ⓘ
recognizedAs traditional government of the Sioux ⓘ
religion Dakota spirituality ⓘ
Lakota spirituality ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Dakota ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
Nakota ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
translation Seven Council Fires ⓘ
usesLanguage Dakota language ⓘ
Lakota language ⓘ
Nakota dialects ⓘ
linked to: Dakotan languages

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lakota → partOf → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Wahpekute → partOf → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Great Sioux Nation → alsoKnownAs → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Great Sioux Nation → traditionalGovernment → Seven Council Fires system ⓘ
linked to: Seven Council Fires
Sicangu Lakota → partOf → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Mdewakanton band of the Dakota → partOf → Seven Council Fires of the Dakota ⓘ
linked to: Seven Council Fires
Oceti Sakowin → hasEnglishName → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Oceti Sakowin → hasAlternativeName → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Oceti Sakowin → translation → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
subject linked to: Seven Council Fires
Sans Arc → isPartOf → Seven Council Fires ⓘ
Miniconjou → partOf → Seven Council Fires ⓘ