Sioux

Article summary

The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin ( , ; Dakota and Lakota: ) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translation: referring to the alliances between the bands). Collectively, they are the , or . The term Sioux, an exonym from a French transcription ( ) of the Ojibwe term , can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects. Before the 17th century, the Santee Dakota ( : , also known as the Eastern Dakota) lived around Lake Superior with territories in present-day northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. They gathered wild rice, hunted woodland animals, and used canoes to fish. The Dakota–Ojibwe War, which lasted throughout the 18th century, pushed the Dakota west into southern Minnesota, where the Western Dakota (Yankton, Yanktonai) and Lakota (Teton) lived. In the 19th century, the Dakota signed land cession treaties with the United States for much of their Minnesota lands. The United States' failure to make treaty payments or provide rations on time led to starvation and the Dakota War of 1862, which resulted in the Dakota's exile from Minnesota. They were forced onto reservations in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and some fled to Canada.…

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1819 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1868 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1868 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of formation: 1980 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. date of formation: 1936 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. date of foundation: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. members: 4,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. population: 1,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. population: 15 percent — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1819". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1868". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1868". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of formation is "1980". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the date of formation is "1936". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the date of foundation is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the members is "4,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the population is "1,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the population is "15 percent". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
12. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377955645