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Political Organizations
The Oceti Sakowin or Seven Council Fires (the Sioux)| Political Division | Reservation Location | Dialect Division | Geographic Division |
| Teton | Lakota | Western | |
| a. Oglala: They Scatter Their Own | Pine Ridge | ||
| b. Sincangu: Burned Thighs | Rosebud and Lower Brule | ||
| c. Hunkpapa: End of the Circle | Standing Rock | ||
| d. Miniconju: Planters Beside the Stream | Cheyenne River | ||
| e. Sihasapa: Black Foot (not Algonquian) | Cheyenne River | ||
| f. Oohenunpa: Two Kettles | Cheyenne River | ||
| g. Itazipco: Without Bows | Cheyenne River | ||
| Yankton | Nakota | Middle | |
| a. Yankton: End of Camp Circle Dwellers | Yankton | ||
| b. Yanktonais: Little End Dwellers | Crow Creek | ||
| Santee | Dakota | Eastern | |
| a. Mdewakanton: People of Spirit Lake | Flandreau | ||
| b. Wahpeton: Leaf Dwellers | Sisseton | ||
| c. Sisseton: People of the Marsh | Sisseton | ||
| d. Wahpekute: Leaf Shooters | Flandreau |