LAKOTA ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN CONFEDERATION OF SEVEN SIOUX TRIBES. THEY ORIGINATED IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MIGRATED WEST TO NEBRASKA. AFTER 1700'S THEY ADOPTED HORSES FROM ANGLOS AND THEIR LIFE CENTERED ON BUFFALO ABOUTTHEY STILL SPEAK LAKOTA AND HAD 20,000 FOLKS IN 1750'S.
THE LARGE AND POWERFUL TRIBES OF HIDATSA AND ARIKAWA PREVENTED THEM TO CROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER. THEY WERE GREATLY INFECTED BY SMALL POX. IN 1855 THE GOVERNMENT ATTACKED A VILLAGE KILLING 100 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. THERE WERE MANY CONFLICTS AND THEY ARE NOW ON FIVE RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN 1980 THE GOVERNMENT GAVE THEM $122 MILLION TO EIGHT BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS FOR LAND COMPENSATION.
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