Sans Arcs

Historic Itazipcho thiyóšpaye or bands

The Itazipcho (Lakota: – ‘Without Bows’, 'Sans Arcs') are a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, belonging to the old "Saone" group, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day North Dakota from the Grand River in to the Little Missouri, having south the

Sihasapa The Sihásapa or Blackfoot Sioux are a division of the Lakota people, Titonwan, or Teton. ''Sihásapa'' is the Lakota word for "Blackfoot", whereas '' Siksiká'' has the same meaning in the Blackfoot language. As a result, the Sihásapa have ...

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Hunkpapa The Hunkpapa (Lakota: ) are a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe. The name ' is a Lakota word, meaning "Head of the Circle" (at one time, the tribe's name was represented in European-American records as ...

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Miniconjou The Miniconjou (Lakota: Mnikowoju, Hokwoju – ‘Plants by the Water’) are a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills i ...

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Two Kettles Two Kettles ("Two Boilings" or "Two Kettles") are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). They reside on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Together ...

(''Oóhe Núŋpa'', ''Oóhenuŋpa'', ''Oohenonpa'' – ‘Two Boiling’ or ‘Two Kettles’) the Itazipcho (''Itázipčho'', ''Itazipcola'', ''Hazipco'' – ‘Those who hunt without bows’) were often referred to as ''Central Lakota''{{citation needed, date=April 2013 and divided into several ''bands'' or ''thiyóšpaye'' (Sans Arc, Red Water, Ham Eaters). The contemporary population lives mostly in west-central South Dakota. Perhaps the most famous Itazipcho chief was No Horn (He Napin Wanica), and, later, Spotted Eagle (Wambli Galeshka) who fought at Little Bighorn. Currently the Itazipcho descendants live in South Dakota, on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (set up in 1889 on a part of the old Grand Sioux Reservation), as members of the Cheyenne River Lakota Oyate, toghether with the Oohenonpa, Minneconjou and

descendants. Lakota people