In the mid-18th century, the Sioux inhabited the Northern Great Plains - mainly in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and north to the bordering provinces of Canada.

Today many of the Lakota live on reservations in the northern plains, but thousands have moved off the reservations in search of a better education and employment.

The Sioux traveled together in search of game. They were great hunters and hunted buffalo with bows and arrows.

The Sioux used every part of the buffalo for food, for tools, and for daily living needs like cradles. Buffalo skins were used for blankets, moccasins, tipi covers, and clothes.

When the horse was brought to America by the Spanish, it helped the Indians of the Plains to hunt buffalo and to relocate their camp as they followed the buffalo herds.