Lakota (minor native)

This article is about the minor native in Age of Empires III. For the civilization Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, see Lakota.

Lakota
Settlement information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III (only)
Continent	North American
Units	Lakota Axe Rider Lakota Dog Soldier
Technologies	Lakota Hunting Grounds Lakota Horse Trading Lakota Dog Soldiers
Maps	Great Lakes Great Plains Rockies

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.

They are not to be confused with the playable Sioux civilization, which are renamed to Lakota in the Definitive Edition.

Unit

Lakota Axe Rider: Lakota horseman armed with an axe.

Lakota Dog Soldier: Elite Lakota horsemen.

Technologies

Age	Technology	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

In-game dialogue

Lakota units speak one of the Siouan languages.

Note: These are not used by the playable Lakota civilization in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

• Select 1 Oháŋ? - Yes?
• Select 2 Táku [dah-kue] - What?
• Move 1 Máni - Walk
• Move 2
• Attack 1 Wičháwakte! - I kill them!
• Attack 2 Uŋkhízapi! - We fight!

History

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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.

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Gallery

The Lakota's history portrait

Lakota Chief from the Respect scenario of the campaign