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Wahpeton

American  
[waw-pi-tn] / ˈwɔ pɪ tn /

noun

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


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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

Braun’s son went to SDSU, and the recently retired physician’s assistant used to drive across the state line to her job in Wahpeton.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Earlier in his career, Tim Wilson, a water manager, spent time running the treatment plant in Wahpeton, Iowa, a community of just over 400 that expands when vacationers rush in during the summertime.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

During the simple preparatory rites, there was a stir of excitement among a group of Wahpeton Sioux young men.

From Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas by Creswell, R. J.

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