The “Sioux”(su : ) Native American Indians are made up of three main groups all differing in sub-culture and dialect.
Ihanktowan-ihanktowana also known as the Yankton or Nakota (village at the end) are referred to as being the middle Sioux residing in the Minnesota River Area.
The Lakota are well known for their hunting and warrior culture reside in the west also known as Tetonwan or Teton (Dwellers on the Prairie).
Then there is the Isanti or other wise known as the Santee (Knife) the name is give to them after a lake in Minnesota, they reside in the east of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Northern Iowa.
In Modern day the Sioux have many tribal governments and reserves through out America in Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Manitoba and in Canada in southern Saskatchewan.
The Lakota or western Sioux have probably the most well known and familiar beadwork designs, they were definitely responsible for the Sioux Style on various clothing items such as moccasins, leg warmers, arm/head bands and pipe bags.
They used porcupine quills colored with vegetable dye in red, bright yellow, weak blue, bright orange, weak green and purple and in 1880 their colors became more vibrant and brighter when they started to use aniline dyes that they traded with the white man.
Their designs were very geometric and symmetrical mostly representing life around them in the form of horses, birds and spiders incorporating triangles, lines and three pronged forks there designs were mostly done on white backrounds. The most commonly used colour combination was blue, yellow,red and green in that order.
There are various techniques and stitches in beading and the most commonly used by Sioux was the “Lazy Stitch”
It is known to be quite an easy process but in order to attain quality and a tight even stitch one must have a lot of patience as it is very time consuming.
Biblography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux
http://www.matoska.com/siouxlazystitch.htm
http://www.matoska.com/ciha_sioux_beadwork.htm
“Old Time Sioux Dancers” book by M.S. Tucker (A.I.C.C.
‘Western Sioux beadwork” article by Dick Conn published in Vol. VI, No. 9 & 10, Summer 1960, American Indian Hobbyist.
2 comments:
Good post.
learnt a lot about native Indiam culture.
The picture of the man with the headdress on is a mascot. This picture should be removed from this site. It is offensive. Look up Cornell Pewewardy to learn more.
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