Dakota
Dakota Anishinabe
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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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The content of these pages was carefully researched, but the
authors are not experts on Dakota culture.
Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the
web address of this page.
If you are
Dakota, your feedback is much appreciated.
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.
Where we are today. Former
link http://drivinghawk.com/today.htm (2009) 
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