Oceti Šakowiŋ

== Dakota == === Etymology === See oceti and šakowiŋ (“seven”). === Pronunciation === http://www.beginningdakota.org/audio/1_1.mp3 === Proper noun === Oceti Šakowiŋ the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Council Fires, a confederacy of seven Sioux-speaking peoples in existence at the time of American and Canadian expansion onto the Great Plains of North America the territory governed by this council the modern-day governing bodies descended from the historic council a proposed modern-day nation state based on the historic confederacy