Definition of Ogalala

1. Noun. A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota.

Exact synonyms: Oglala
Generic synonyms: Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux
Specialized synonyms: Red Cloud

2. Noun. A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala.
Exact synonyms: Oglala
Generic synonyms: Siouan, Siouan Language

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ogalala

Off.
Offaly
Offenbach
Office of Homeland Security
Office of Inspector General
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Naval Intelligence
Official IRA
Ofgem
Oflot
Ofo
Ofsted
Ofuji's disease
Og
Ogalala (current term)
Ogcocephalidae
Ogden
Ogden Nash
Ogeechee lime
Ogeechee limes
Ogg
Ogham
Oghuz
Ogilvie's syndrome
Oglala
Ogoni
Ogoniland
Ogopogo

Literary usage of Ogalala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin (1901)
"The Ogalala* Indians of Pine Ridge Reservation are Teton or ... bent into shape and fastened when '* The name Ogalala is from o (la) "many" and ..."

2. Pictographs of the North American Indians: A Preliminary Paper by Garrick Mallery, James Gilchrist Swan (1886)
"All Ogalala roster: Big-Road and band 174 LIII.—An O^alala roster: Low-Dog and baud 174 LIV.—Au Ogalala roster: Tlic Bear Spares-him and hand 174 LV. ..."

3. Laws of the Territory of Idaho by Idaho (Ter.) (1864)
"... be and the same is hereby created a county, to be known as Ogalala county, to-wit: All that portion of Idaho territory situated south of the forty-fifth ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"... in which each year is marked by a pictograph of some distinctive event. Pictures of each of eighty-four totemic personal names of the Ogalala roster ..."

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