Oceti Šakowiŋ
Dakota
Etymology
See oceti and šakowiŋ (“seven”).
Proper noun
Oceti Šakowiŋ
- the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Fires Council, a confederacy of seven Sioux-speaking peoples in existance at the time of American and Canadian expansion onto the Great Plains of North America
- the territory governed by this council
- the modern-day governing bodies descended from the historic council
- a proposed modern-day nation state based on the historic confederacy