plural Lakota also Lakotas
1
: a member of a western division of the Dakota peoples
2
: a dialect of Dakota
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Coolidge gave another speech in the Black Hills on August 10, at Mount Rushmore, which was known by the Lakota as the Six Grandfathers Mountain but was later renamed for New York attorney Charles Rushmore by white settlers.
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Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
Aspen Dylan Runnels, 15, was in a crosswalk by Lakota East High School on Wednesday, May 15, when he was struck by the pickup truck, according to ABC affiliate WCPO and FOX affiliate WXIX-TV.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The student was walking in a crosswalk on Bethany Road toward Lakota East High School when they were hit just after 2 p.m., the sheriff's office said in a news release.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
For example, at the start of his presidency in January 2017, Trump allowed the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Missouri River which is next to the homeland of Standing Rock Lakota Indians in North Dakota.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Artworks wink at one another from across decades and continents, like the geometric Lakota beadwork painting by Dyani White Hawk from 2022 hanging amid constructivist compositions by László Moholy-Nagy and Nadia Léger originally made a century earlier.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Luka Gilbert, a 6-7, 225-pound soon-to-be senior of West Chester, Ohio, Lakota High, pledged his allegiance to the Hurricanes Monday night.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Washburn, the superintendent and the president of the Lakota Local School Board, Julie Shaffer, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment on Sunday.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Both members of the family who appear on franchise shows draw on their Lakota heritage to create their Indigenous characters, with the uncle's being, simply, Mo Brings Plenty.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
Aspen Dylan Runnels, 15, was in a crosswalk by Lakota East High School on Wednesday, May 15, when he was struck by the pickup truck, according to ABC affiliate WCPO and FOX affiliate WXIX-TV.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The student was walking in a crosswalk on Bethany Road toward Lakota East High School when they were hit just after 2 p.m., the sheriff's office said in a news release.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
For example, at the start of his presidency in January 2017, Trump allowed the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Missouri River which is next to the homeland of Standing Rock Lakota Indians in North Dakota.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Artworks wink at one another from across decades and continents, like the geometric Lakota beadwork painting by Dyani White Hawk from 2022 hanging amid constructivist compositions by László Moholy-Nagy and Nadia Léger originally made a century earlier.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Luka Gilbert, a 6-7, 225-pound soon-to-be senior of West Chester, Ohio, Lakota High, pledged his allegiance to the Hurricanes Monday night.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Washburn, the superintendent and the president of the Lakota Local School Board, Julie Shaffer, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment on Sunday.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Both members of the family who appear on franchise shows draw on their Lakota heritage to create their Indigenous characters, with the uncle's being, simply, Mo Brings Plenty.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Lakota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lakota. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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