The Entire History of the Sioux — Lakota, Dakota and Nakota

There is over two billion dollars sitting in the United States Treasury that nobody will touch. It has been there since 1980, when the Supreme Court ruled 8–1 that the government had stolen the Black Hills and ordered it to pay. The Lakota refused the money. They have refused it every year since, while living in some of the poorest counties in America — because accepting it would mean the Black Hills had been sold. This is the complete history of the Sioux — the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, the Seven Council Fires — from the wild rice lakes of Minnesota to the northern plains, through Red Cloud's War, the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee and Standing Rock. Who they actually are, what was taken, and what they are doing now. In this video: Why "Sioux" is not a Sioux word, and what the name may actually mean. The Seven Council Fires and the three dialects. Why "Lakota, Dakota, Nakota" is wrong — and who the real Nakota are. Why the Sioux were woodland canoe people until the 1700s, and why the horse-and-buffalo image is younger than the US Constitution. The 2023 Science study, co-authored with Lakota scholars, that proved the oral traditions right about when horses arrived. Winter counts — the Lakota's own written history. Wind Cave, the White Buffalo Calf Woman and the Seven Sacred Rites. Whether the Lakota built an empire, and why Native historians argue about it. The 1862 Dakota War, Little Crow, and the 38 men hanged at Mankato — still the largest mass execution in United States history. The Fort Snelling internment camp. Red Cloud's War, the Fetterman Fight, and the treaty the United States signed on Lakota terms. Custer, the gold, and the "sell or starve" rider. The Little Bighorn — what actually happened, why there was no heroic last stand, and what Sitting Bull's real role was. Crazy Horse, and why no photograph of him exists. The Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Pick-Sloan dams that drowned the best land on five reservations. AIM and the 71-day occupation of 1973. United States v. Sioux Nation. Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline. And why a DNA test cannot tell you that you are Lakota. Chapters 0:00 The money nobody will take 3:00 The name, and what it really means 7:00 The Seven Council Fires 10:00 Why "Nakota" is wrong 14:00 Woodland people 19:00 Wind Cave and the White Buffalo Calf Woman 23:00 The horse 28:00 Winter counts 32:00 Was it an empire? 37:00 The treaties 41:00 The Dakota War of 1862 47:00 Mankato 51:00 Red Cloud's War 56:00 Gold in the Black Hills 60:00 The Little Bighorn 66:00 Sell or starve 70:00 Crazy Horse 74:00 Allotment and the boarding schools 78:00 Wounded Knee 83:00 The dams 88:00 AIM and 1973 92:00 The Black Hills case 96:00 Standing Rock 100:00 The language today 104:00 Tracing Sioux ancestry Tell me in the comments: what did you already know, and what is new? Had you heard the Sioux were woodland people until the 1700s? That the real Nakota are the Assiniboine? That the Black Hills money is still sitting uncollected? And if you are Lakota, Dakota, or from any of the Seven Council Fires — put your nation and your community below, and correct anything here that needs correcting. #Lakota #NativeAmericanHistory #Sioux #BlackHills #AmericanHistory