Oglala
Oglála Lakhóta Oyáte | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 46,855 enrolled tribal members (2013) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( South Dakota) | |
| Languages | |
| Lakota, English | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion, Sun Dance, Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Lakota peoples, Dakota, Nakota |
The Oglala (pronounced [oɡəˈlala], meaning 'to scatter one's own' in Lakota) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States.
The Oglala are a federally recognized tribe whose official title is the called the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.