Native American Voices
Oceti Sakowin - The People of the Seven Council Fires
Special | 55m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
The story of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples, also known as the Sioux.
For six-hundred years we have lived under the misconception that Columbus discovered America. What he did was stumble on a land already occupied by many people and many nations. In the center of that land were a people who call themselves Oyate: "the People." This is their story, in their words.
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Native American Voices is a local public television program presented by SDPB
South Dakota Department of Education
Native American Voices
Oceti Sakowin - The People of the Seven Council Fires
Special | 55m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
For six-hundred years we have lived under the misconception that Columbus discovered America. What he did was stumble on a land already occupied by many people and many nations. In the center of that land were a people who call themselves Oyate: "the People." This is their story, in their words.
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Native American Voices is a local public television program presented by SDPB
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