Vocabulary
Dakota Language
Council Fires
Map
Miscellaneous
100
A cone-shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles.
What is a tipi?
100
"Land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky".
What is Mni Sota Makoce?
100
Spiritual people that live by water.
Who are the Mdewakanton?
100
Sisseton, Wahpeton, Midwakanton, and Wahpekute.
What Council Fires lived in Minnesota?
100
English translation for the word "Dakota".
What is "friend"?
200
The knowledge and skills individuals have that enhance their ability to earn income.
What is human capital?
200
The habit of giving without expecting anything in return.
What is ohanwaste?
200
Wahpekute
Who are the people who shoot from the leaves?
200
Home state of the Yankton people.
What is South Dakota?
200
The way Dakota people view time.
What is a circle?
300
income
What is money or other benefits received in payment for goods of services?
300
**DAILY DOUBLE** tiospaye
What are "all relatives"?
300
Dialect spoken by the Yankton and Yanktonai.
What is Nakota?
300
**DAILY DOUBLE** The border of Wyoming and South Dakota?
Where did the Teton people live?
300
Dakota story that teaches the importance of generosity.
What is "The Badger and the Bear"?
400
kinship
What are close connections with one's relatives?
400
An expression of courtesy and consideration toward others?
What is wo ohoda?
400
Teton
Who are the dwellers of the plains?
400
North Dakota
What state is home to the Yanktonai people?
400
"The Ghost Wife"
What is the Dakota story that teaches respect?
500
parfleche
What is a Dakota container made from animal skins?
500
The entire Dakota Nation.
What is the oyate?
500
River that is home to the medicine people.
What is the Red River?
500
Names of modern states with official Dakota communities.
What is North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota?
500
Meaning of Charles Eastman's Dakota name, Ohiyesa.
What is "the victor"?