Sioux
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The Sioux are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The modern Sioux consist of two major divisions based on language divisions: the Dakota and Lakota; collectively they are known as the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ ("Seven Council Fires"). The term "Sioux" is an exonym created from a French transcription of the Ojibwe term "Nadouessioux", and can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
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In popular media
- The Richard Harris film A Man Called Horse and its two sequels are fictional accounts of Sioux people
- The HBO movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee depicts the relocation and reservations of the people from the Sioux perspective, based on the book by Dee Brown.
- The films Dances with Wolves and Thunderheart contain fictional depictions of the Sioux People.
- The expansion pack Thrones and Patriots to the 2003 RTS game Rise of Nations included the Lakota as a playable nation.
- The expansion pack The WarChiefs to the 2005 RTS game Age of Empires III employs the Sioux as a playable civilization.
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