-ThisCharmingMan- t1_iu5vxz9 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:55 PM Reply to TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset “Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.” Permalink 3
-ThisCharmingMan- t1_iu5vxz9 wrote
Reply to TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset
“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”