Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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The Lakota
The Lakota were once part of a much larger group of people, the Dakota, who lived in the northern woodlands. (This area included the southern two-thirds of Minnesota.) They were one of three closely related language groups of Dakota. During the 17th century, encroachment by Euro-American settlers, as well as other Indian peoples, forced the Lakota to move westward. They gradually adapted to life on the Plains and developed a distinct culture. The Lakota acquired horses, introduced to North America by the Spanish in the 17th century, and, by the 18th century, had become nomadic bison hunters. Today, a major center of Lakota culture is in South Dakota near the Black Hills.
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