The
Oglala Lakota or
Oglala Sioux (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in
Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the
Lakota people, who along with the
Nakota and Dakota, make up the
Great Sioux Nation. A majority of the Oglala live on the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in
South Dakota, the eighth-largest
Native American reservation in the United States. The Oglala are a
federally recognized tribe whose official title is the
Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously called the
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota). Of note, however, some Oglala reject the term "Sioux" because it was a name give to them by the
Chippewa Nation, who were historically enemies of the Lakota. The term means "snake" and, as such, is seen as a slur.