Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires | SDPB Documentary

For six-hundred years we have lived under the misconception that Columbus discovered America. What he did was stumble on a land already occupied by many people and many nations. In the center of that land were a people who call themselves Oyate: "the People". This is their story, in their words.
0:00 Introduction
2:14 We Call Ourselves The Oyate
6:10 The Seven Council Fires
9:14 The Origins Of The People
13:12 Kinship Is Everything
16:33 The Sacred Hoop of Life
19:09 The Lakota Way The Dakota Way
26:01 The Dance Of Life
28:45 The Oral Tradition of the Oyate
31:49 The Seven Rituals
36:01 Tiospaye
43:50 The Change
51:19 The Way Forward
54:45 Credits
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