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Wahpeton

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[waw-pi-tn] / ˈwɔ pɪ tn /

noun

Wahpetons, plural Wahpeton 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

Eric James Murphy of Grand Forks, David Richter of Williston, and Cynthia Schreiber-Beck of Wahpeton - defied their party and voted against the bill.

From Washington Times Apr. 22, 2023

In Wahpeton, Wilson was the lone employee responsible for the treatment plant.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2022

The ridge beyond the Wahpeton village bounded the view, and between this point and his own village were the agency buildings and the traders' stores.

From Old Indian Days by Eastman, Charles Alexander

An adventurer from the far-away country of the Wahpetons and a trapper from the hunting ground of the Sissetons drifted in together, together awaited the signal of the peace pipe ere returning to their own.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

At length the two boys took leave of the friendly Wahpetons.

From Hawk Eye by Cory, David

About one hundred Sissetons, Wahpetons, and thirty young Yanktons, were present.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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