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Post by longshot on Oct 15, 2009 13:04:09 GMT -5
Is it true that the tribe characterized as Platte Sioux are the same as the Sicangu?
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Post by kingsleybray on Oct 15, 2009 14:55:03 GMT -5
Platte Sioux would comprise both Upper Brule (Kheyata Wichasha) or Sichangu, and the Oglala. The Lower Brule (Kuya Wichasha) would not be Platte Sioux, their hunting and trading operations being focussed toward the Missouri River.
After 1850 certain Miniconjous were considered Platte River Sioux, again because they chiefly traded west of the Black Hills with outfits from the North Platte (greater Ft Laramie area), rather than the Missouri-based traders who worked the east side of the Black Hills. In an 1868 report Joseph Bissonette refers to the Platte Miniconjous (mentioning Roman Nose as a chief) and the Missouri Miniconjous (mentioning Lone Horn and Red Fish as chiefs). These identities were not static. I am sure Lone Horn some years would have been classed Platte Miniconjou.
Hope this helps
Kingsley
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