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Definition of Oglala
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.
Generic synonyms: Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux
Specialized synonyms: Red Cloud
2. Noun. A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oglala
Literary usage of Oglala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"SOCIETIES AND CEREMONIAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE oglala DIVISION OF THE TETON-DAKOTA.
BY CLARK WISSLER. ..."
2. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1922)
"oglala. Of the early history of this, the principal division of the Teton,'
nothing is known. ... oglala ..."
3. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Luke Walker, a full-blooded Santee Dakota; JR Walker, MD; Dr. Walker's "The Sun
Dance and Other Ceremonies of the oglala Division of the Teton Dakota" ..."
4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Og-la'-ia..---Hayden Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 876, 1 862. oglala- ...
Cleveland quoted b' Domey in 15th Rep. BAE, 219, 1897. oglala-ito ..."
5. The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific by Smithsonian Institution (1915)
"oglala-Teton Sioux. Thas-hunke-hine-kota = oglala-Teton Sioux. Ilun-polaska =
White oglala-Teton Sioux. Si-can-win, wife of Bear Omaha. ..."
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