Colors in Dakota -Duta

[Louis Garcia]

As far as I can determine duta/luta is the color scarlet or bright red.
Whereas sa is for plain red, also for the color of hair. Ex: Pehinsa for
someone with red hair.
However the word for headress wapesha (Lakotas don't seem to use the noun
marker wa, and just use pesa) should be wapeduta for the bright red deer
hair.

Also in the Wakan Wacipi 'Waduta' in the songs seem to be translated as
something sacred.
Most of the traditional names also have duta. Only a handful use the term
sa.
Toksta ake,
Louis Garcia