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the Sioux Indian tribes actually refer to three distinct groups of Plains Natives...all share similar dilects of the siouan language..."Referred to collectively by outsiders as Sioux, a French rendition of the Ottawa name natowessiwak, meaning 'enemy,' the Sioux call themselves Lakota or Dakota, depending on dialect, signifying 'allies.'"

edited out > well they were called the Indians but then later changed the name to SIOUX cause there was one reason why this name has been changed tho SIOUX!<

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