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Official Tribal Name: Santee Sioux Nation
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Recognition Status: Federally Recognized
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Eastern Dakota, Santee Sioux
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Dakota is commonly reported to mean “friend or ally.” This is actually incorrect. The real definition of Dakota/Nakota/Lakota is “those who consider themselves kindred.” See this detailed explanation of Sioux Names.
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Region: Great Plains
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Confederacy: Sioux
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Reservation: Santee Reservation
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Create your own reality
Lakota Star Knoledge
Legend of the Talking Feather
The End of the World according to Lakota legend
The Legend of Devil’s Tower
The White Buffalo Woman
Tunkasila, Grandfather Rock
Unktomi and the arrowheads
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Tribal College: Nebraska Indian Community College located on the Omaha Reservation at Macy, on the Santee Sioux Reservation at Santee, and in South Sioux City, was a group project of all the Indian tribes of Nebraska.
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Sioux Chiefs & Famous People:
Arthur Amiotte, (Oglala Lakota)-Painter, Sculptor, Author, Historian
Bryan Akipa, flutist (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
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Descendants Remember Battle of Little Big Horn
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