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The Yanktonais, a diminutive of the preceding name, and meaning the lesser or the little people of the End Village.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.

Among them are some of the Yanktonais Sioux.

From The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. by Dodge, Grenville Mellen