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 Nitsitapi language, and, together with the Kainai and the Piikani forms the Nitsitapi Confederacy. As a result, the Sihásapa have the same English name as the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the nations are sometimes confused with one another.
The Sihásapa lived in the western Dakotas on the Great Plains, and consequently are among the Plains Indians. Their official residence today is the Standing Rock Reservation in North and South Dakota and the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, home also to the Itazipco, the Minneconjou and Oohenumpa, all bands of the Lakota.
Historic Sihásapa thiyóšpaye or Bands
In 1880, John Grass provided a list of the bands of the Sihasapa:- Sihasapa-Hkcha or Sihasapa qtca
- Kangi-shun Pegnake or Kanxicu pegnake
- Glaglahecha or Glagla heca
- Wazhazha or Wajaje, Kill Eagle's Band
- Hohe
- Wamnuga Owin or Wamnugaoin
Famous Sihásapa
- Cante Peta 'Fire Heart'
- Mahto Eennahpa 'White Bear'
- Magashapa 'Goose'
- Pezi 'Grass'
- Mahto Wakouah 'Charging Bear' alias Okihe Pezi 'Young Grass' alias 'John Grass'
- Wambli Kte 'Kill Eagle'
- Hohay