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Disease

Before to the increase in disease among diabetic Native Americans renal disease was the leading cause of death. This is seen in statistics such as diabetic Sioux or Lakota people Tribes were four times as likely to have tuberculosis as those without diabetes.

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Transportation

The Sioux mainly used horses for transportation. They had bags on the horse’s saddle and a gun for safety.

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TradeThe Sioux Regularly with other tribes. They typically liked to trade buffalo hides and meat to tribes like the Arikara in exchange for corn.

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Interaction/ foodThere food was prairie turnips and potatoes and flavored with wild herbs. Wild berries and fruits were also added to the food available to the Sioux. When animals for food was scarce the tribe ate dried buffalo meat, called pemmican.

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Interactment/housingThey made their TP's out of buffalo hide, poles and stakes. They built it into a cone shape so that it would be easier to transport and set up. Once they inhabited horses they built the Tipi's to be even taller so that the horses could also use it for shelter.

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Interaction/clothingSioux women wore long deerskin or elk skin dresses. Sioux men wore breech cloths and leggings and buckskin shirts. The Sioux also wore moccasins on their feet and buffalo-hide robes in bad weather.

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Region/Culture
The Sioux spoke Lakota or Teton. They also believed that everything on the Earth came from Mother Nature.

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Relations to other groupsThe Sioux would recognize some people as allies and others as enemies. They were mostly peaceful unless others tried to raid their bases.

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Due to its inland location, Sioux Falls experiences a humid continental which is characterized by hot, relatively humid summers and cold, dry winters, and is located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4b.

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LanguageThe Language of the Sioux is Lakota or Teton. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the other language.

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LandformsThey lived on mostly mountains in North and South Dakota but there were some plains in Minnesota.

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Location

North and South Dakota is the absolute location. Montana, Nebraska, and Minnesota is the relative location. It is important because they chase the buffalo for food.

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ReligionThey all believed that everything on earth came from "Mother Nature". They also believed that everybody has a spirit/soul inside of them which came from "The Great Spirit"