Brulé

The Brulé are one of the seven branches or bands (sometimes called "sub-tribes") of the Teton (Titonwan) Lakota Sioux American Indian nation. They are known as Sičháŋǧu Oyáte (in Lakota), or "Burnt Thighs Nation," and so, were called Brulé (lit. "burnt") by the French. (The name may have derived from an incident where they were fleeing through a grass fire on the plains.)

Many Sicangu people live on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, with a small population living on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, on the west bank of the Missouri River. The two tribes are completely independent of each other, politically.

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Historic Brulé Thiyóšpaye or bands

Together with the Oglala Lakota they are oft called Southern Lakota and were divided in these thiyóšpaye or bands:

Famous Sicangu (Brulé)

Spotted Tail and Standing Elk were Brulé chiefs at the time of Red Cloud's War[3]

References

  1. ^ "Native American Heritage Month: S.F. gallery director wins praise for breaking with past." San Francisco Chronicle. 12 Nov 1995 (retrieved 20 Dec 2009)
  2. ^ Lower Brule
  3. ^ *Brown, Dee (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, ch. 6. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-5531-1979-6. 

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