Lakota

The Lakota are a minor Native American civilization featured in Age of Empires III. They are replaced by the Cheyenne in The WarChiefs; however, they can still be used in custom scenarios.

In Age of Empires III, the Lakota (one of the three main Siouan tribes, along with the Dakota and Nakota) are a Native American people, who live mainly in Midwestern America such as the Great Lakes, Great Plains, and the Rockies.

The Sioux occupied large territories in North America, and also absorbed the "Great Plains" culture of their neighbors by becoming skilled buffalo hunters.

UnitsEdit

Unit	Description
Lakota Axe Rider	Lakota horseman armed with an axe.

ImprovementsEdit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Lakota Hunting Grounds	150 wood, 150 coin	Ships 12 Bisons
	Lakota Horse Trading	250 wood, 250 coin	Cavalry train time -25%
	Lakota Dog Soldiers	500 wood, 500 coin	Ships 1 Lakota Dog Soldier for every 3 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes

History Edit

"The first European reference to the Lakota people places them in modern Minnesota in the seventeenth century. They soon moved farther west away from their enemies the Ojibwa, who may have obtained firearms by trading with Europeans. By the middle eighteenth century they had taken over the northern Great Plains by driving out other tribes. The Lakota became proficient buffalo hunters and prospered, with their population estimated at 30,000 by 1750. They quickly adapted to the use of the horse, and became expert horsemen for both hunting and warfare.

They fought on the British side during the American Revolution and in the War of 1812, but made a series of friendship treaties with the United States beginning in 1815. A treaty in 1825 confirmed their ownership of a large tract of land stretching from modern Wisconsin to Wyoming, though they later sold the eastern part of it. The tide of white settler encroachment could not be held back, and a recurring pattern of settler invasion, Lakota reprisals, and US military reprisals began in the 1850s."