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Sisseton

American  
[sis-i-tuhn, -tn] / ˈsɪs ɪ tən, -tn /

noun

plural

Sissetons,

plural

Sisseton
  1. a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.


Example Sentences

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The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Yankton Sioux tribes on Friday passed separate resolutions to prohibit Ms Noem from setting foot in their territory.

From BBC • May 13, 2024

When she visited, that forthrightness struck Majel Boxer, a professor of Native American and Indigenous studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., who is Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 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 mid-January Billy and Frank meet at Sisseton Wahpeton College south of Sisseton and next to Agency Village.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2020

By May 9, it was 109 in Sisseton, South Dakota.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown