Their names are derived from the dialects of the Sioux language they speak, and therefore their division name and language are one and the same. In all three divisions and dialects, the meaning of the name is "ALLY", commonly translated as "FRIEND".

Lakota, after the Lakota Sioux. The Great Sioux Nation is made up of 30 separate tribes (or bands) in the USA and Canada. These tribes are divided into three divisions: The Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, and Nakota Sioux, the Lakota being the largest of the three.

He is named by Carla Provenzano of Rochester, NY.

Our first eyas is a male named Lakota, band B/G 28/BA

The first eyas is being banded!

We should have good video later of Beauty & Dot.ca defending the nestbox!

And down they go to the banding room! Stay tuned for their names!

Peregrine board covering the opening to keep them in the box

One eyas out

Ladder is going up...

Here they come!