Dakota ("Friendly") or Ot´-ce-ti ca-ko-win ("Seven council-fires")
confederacy, comprising—
A. Santee, including Mde-wa-kan´-ton-wan ("Spirit Lake village") and
Wa-qpe´-ku-te ("Shoot among deciduous trees"), mostly located in
Knox county, Nebraska, on the former Santee reservation, with some
oa Fort Peck reservation, Montana.
B. Sisseton or Si-si´-ton-wan´ ("Fish-scale village"), mostly on
Sisseton reservation, South Dakota, partly on Devils Lake
reservation, North Dakota.
C. Wahpetou or Wa´-qpe´-ton-wan ("Dwellers among deciduous trees"),
mostly on Devils Lake reservation, North Dakota.
D. Yankton or I-hank´-ton-wan ("End village"), in Yankton village,
South Dakota.
E. Yanktonai or I-hank´-ton-wan-na ("Little End village"), comprising—
a. Upper Yanktonai, on Standing Rock reservation, North Dakota,
with the Pa´-ba-kse ("Cut head") gens on Devils Lake
reservation, North Dakota.
b. Lower Yanktonai, or Huñkpatina ("Campers at the horn [or end
of the camping circle]"), mostly on Crow Creek reservation,
South Dakota, with some on Standing Bock reservation, North
Dakota, and others on Fort Peck reservation, Montana.