This is the name for all the bands of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people.
When all the bands would come together, there would be seven council fires.
proper name
Seven Council Fires
Great Sioux Nation
Related
očhéthi
noun
fire pit
fireplace
stove
Related
o-
prefix
creates certain nouns
gives certain words a more general meaning
with a number of verbs creates complex forms
čhethí
active verb
to build or make a fire
šakówiŋ
numeral
seven
Practice
The čh makes the "ch" sound like chair.
o
čhé
thi
The th sound is a normal "t" (like the 't' in tea). Some phonetic orthographies place a letter "h" at the end to signify the aspiration.