The Lakota Tribe Project and Collaborative Profile of the Week Present
Chief Mato Ite (Leo Bear Face)
Chief Mato Ite (c1830-1915) was the leader of 22 lodges on the Standing Rock Reservation.
- There doesn’t seem to be a lot written about the life of Chief Mato Ite, but let’s see what we can find.
- His father was also called Mato Ite. His profile could use a little help.
- He had siblings. Some of these already have biographies, but some of them are basically blank slates. Let’s give Chief Mato Ite’s whole family a facelift.
- Check the census records.
- Are there other documents available to support his data?
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Lakota Tribe Project
The Lakȟóta people (pronounced [laˈkˣota]; also known as Teton, Thítȟuŋwaŋ ("prairie dwellers"), and Teton Sioux ("snake, or enemy") are an indigenous people of the Great Plains of North America. They are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes, the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ or seven council fires, and speak Lakota, one of the three major dialects of the Sioux language. The Lakota are the westernmost of the three Siouan language groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota.
