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Max Wagner
__//**Map of the Sioux Nation **//__

//The Sioux Indians had different similar looking clothing // //The Sioux Indians lived in these small tent homes in groups // //The Sioux Indians hunted in groups with a Sioux Cheif usually in charge // __//Sioux Indians Info //__ Each Dakota/Lakota band has its own land & leadership and makes decisions of other Sioux bands. Like most Native American tribes, each Lakota/Dakota community lives on its own plot, which belongs to them and is legally under their control. Each Lakota/Dakota band has its own government, laws, police, and other services, just like a small country. The political leader of a band is called "itancan" in the Lakota/Dakota language. It is translated as "chief" or "president" in English. The "itancan" used to be a man chosen by tribal councilmembers, but today Sioux tribal leaders can be of either gender and are popularly elected in most Dakota/Lakota bands, just as mayors and governors are.There are 13 Sioux subdivisions, combined into seven major tribes (the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Teton, Wahpekute, Wahpeton, Yankton, and Yanktonai Sioux tribes.) Sioux women were in charge of the home. Besides cooking and cleaning, a Dakota or Lakota woman built her family's house and dragged the heavy posts with her whenever the tribe moved. Houses belonged to the women in the Sioux tribes. Men were hunters and warriors, responsible for feeding and defending their families. Usually only men became Sioux chiefs, but both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine.Sioux warriors used a variety of weapons. Here is a website with pictures and information about [|Native American weapons]. Hunters also used traps, and when Lakota or Dakota men hunted buffalo, they often set controlled fires to herd the animals into traps or over cliffs.


 * Answers to Questions:**

1.The study of Native American history is vital. Yes, history is important because we need to know what happened in the past to know how everything came to be in the first place, but thats not the only reason. Another reason is to see the flaws and errors of their ways and to be able to prevent mistakes that natives have done.

2.The native americans first formed their first government and communities to maintain law and order. They made these governments through people willing and suited to lead the nation and royal members.

3. The reason Native Americans and Europeans got along is because they traded goods to each other. Although, later on they became enemies because of the Europeans greed for land.