Oceti Šakowiŋ

Etymology
See and.

Pronunciation
http://www.beginningdakota.org/audio/1_1.mp3

Proper noun

 * 1) the Great Sioux Nation or Seven Council Fires, a confederacy of seven Sioux-speaking peoples in existence at the time of American and Canadian expansion onto the Great Plains of North America
 * 2) the territory governed by this council
 * 3) the modern-day governing bodies descended from the historic council
 * 4) a proposed modern-day nation state based on the historic confederacy