The Sioux tribe and the Sun Dance Ritual The Sioux tribe is a North American tribe that lives in the Great Plains. This tribe is divided into three major subdivisions, the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota. Each of these divisions consist of multiple tribes which are all run by a confederacy. Each tribe had several chiefs, a war chief, civil chief, and a medicine man which was considered a chief to the Sioux people. The Sioux lived a nomadic lifestyle meaning that they do not have a permanent home instead they travel from place to place in order to find food and follow and hunt the buffalo. In order to adjust to their nomadic lifestyle they live in teepees which are easier to set up and move. A unique part of the Sioux culture is that they are matrilineal