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Oglala Lakota

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Also known as: Oglala Sioux

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Long Soldier

In Layli Long Soldier: Early life
An enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) Tribe, Layli Long Soldier grew up in the Southwest. In 2018 she told Poets & Writers magazine, “I don’t have a single hometown. But I have lived in Santa Fe [New Mexico] the longest and feel most at home [there].” She…
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pluriform monotheism

In monotheism: Pluriform monotheism
…system is that of the Oglala Sioux of the United States, who venerate 16 gods divided into four groups of four. Each group of four forms one god. Thus, there are four gods, but these four gods again are one god, Wakan Tanka—the Great Spirit or the Great Mystery.
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Red Cloud

In Red Cloud
…a principal chief of the Oglala Lakota (Oceti Sakowin, or Sioux), who successfully resisted (1865–67) the U.S. government’s development of the Bozeman Trail to newly discovered goldfields in Montana Territory.
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