Mdewakanton
Americannoun
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The novel is based on the true story of Sarah F. Wakefield, who was abducted by Mdewakanton warriors during the Sioux Uprising of 1862.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023
“They use people of color for cover on these decisions,” said Goldtooth, a member of Mdewakanton Dakota tribe.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Thompson, of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Mdewakanton Dakota people, said inflation is “really impacting the food systems we have here,” which include dozens of Indigenous, local and organic food producers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022
In 1934, the federal government recognized Prairie Island Indian Community as a reservation after members of the Mdewakanton Band spent decades returning to the region and buying parcels of land.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021
There is no doubt of the Mdewakanton being the Issati of Hennepin, to whose principal village he was taken, and where he remained for some weeks during the year 1680.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
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