Sicangu

The Sicangu are a Lakota people of the northern Plains, also known by the French name Brule. Their name means Burnt Thighs and recalls a story of people caught in a prairie fire. They belong to the Teton division of the Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires. Their history is tied to the grasslands and river valleys west of the Missouri, where Lakota communities followed the bison.