- Lacrosse is a form of ancient Sioux (and other Native American) game
- Horses were called Medicine Dog, Big Dog, or God Dog.
- Sioux Indians were skilled on horses.
- When a warrior died the heads and tails of his favorite horses were sometimes placed near him to help him travel in the afterlife.
- To toughen warriors and help them develop riding skills the Sioux sometimes played " throwing- them- off- their- horses," where they tried to wrestle each other off their mounts.
- When adults gambled they bet their horses and sometimes even their wives.
- Famous Sioux people were Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse