plural Lakota also Lakotas
1
: a member of a western division of the Dakota peoples
2
: a dialect of Dakota
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Your mom, who’s Lakota and your dad, who’s white, raised you and your twin brother in Montana near Glacier National Park.
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Thirteen years before the photograph was made, Harney, the general who stands with Sophie in the photograph, attacked a Lakota village at a place called Blue Water Creek in western Nebraska.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
One of the organizers of the protests was Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney for the Lakota People's Law Project, who was arrested during the demonstrations and charged with felony inciting a riot.
—Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
In the process of interviewing the witnesses, survivors and elders, Short Bull deployed a style rooted more in the Lakota culture of storytelling than in common journalistic practice.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Thirteen years before the photograph was made, Harney, the general who stands with Sophie in the photograph, attacked a Lakota village at a place called Blue Water Creek in western Nebraska.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
One of the organizers of the protests was Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney for the Lakota People's Law Project, who was arrested during the demonstrations and charged with felony inciting a riot.
—Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
In the process of interviewing the witnesses, survivors and elders, Short Bull deployed a style rooted more in the Lakota culture of storytelling than in common journalistic practice.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Lakota
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“Lakota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lakota. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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