Dakota  Anishinabe

Dakota

The term "Dakota" translates as "friends" or "allies". The Anishinabe (Ojibwe) referred to the Dakota as "enemy" in the Anishinabe language. French traders used the last syllable of this term and labeled the Dakota as "Sioux." Today, they are known as both Dakota and Sioux.

The Dakota consist of four main bands:

Mdewakanton- Reservations at: Lower Sioux, Prairie Island, Shakopee in Minnesota

Wahpekute- Reservations at: Santee (Nebraska), Fort Peck (Montana), Spirit Lake (North Dakota)

Sissetonwan- Reservations at: Lake Traverse (South/North Dakota) and Spirit Lake

Wahpetonwan- Reservations at: Lake Traverse, Flandreau, Spirit Lake

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Religion

Language

Celebration

Economy

Education

Important Dakota People

History

The U.S.-Dakota War

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Bibliography

Densmore, Frances

    1997  Dakota and Ojibwe People in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

 

Minnesota Historical Society

    1970  The Dakota or Sioux. Gopher Historian Leaflet Series Number 5. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

 

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