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The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples. Collectively, they are the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, or "Seven Council Fires". The term "Sioux", an exonym from a French transcription ("Nadouessioux") of the Ojibwe term "Nadowessi", can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States.
Events from the year 1838 in the United States.
The Yankton Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of the Dakota tribe.
The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is a federally recognized tribe of Yankton Western Dakota people, located in South Dakota. Their Dakota name is Ihaƞktoƞwaƞ Dakota Oyate, meaning "People of the End Village" which comes from the period when the tribe lived at the end of Spirit Lake just north of Mille Lacs Lake.
The Yankton Treaty was a treaty signed in 1858 between the United States Government and the Yankton Sioux Tribe, that ceded most of eastern South Dakota to the U.S. Government. The treaty was signed in April 1858, and ratified by the United States Congress on February 16, 1859.
Events from the year 1881 in the United States. For the second time in history, the country had three different presidents in one calendar year: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.
Events from the year 1786 in the United States.
Events from the year 1816 in the United States.
Events from the year 1842 in the United States.
Events from the year 1846 in the United States. In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
Events from the year 1849 in the United States.
Events from the year 1855 in the United States.
1856 in the United States included some significant events that pushed the nation closer towards civil war.
Events from the year 1867 in the United States.
Events from the year 1873 in the United States. Hudson River yacht club is established
Events from the year 1903 in the United States.
Charles Eli Mix was an American civil servant. He served as chief clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1850 to 1869. For a brief period in 1858, Mix was commissioner of Indian Affairs. During his time as commissioner, he oversaw the signing of a treaty with the Yankton Sioux Tribe of the Dakota Territory. The Treaty of Washington was signed on April 19, 1858 and ratified by the United States Senate on February 16, 1859. Charles Mix County, South Dakota, organized in 1862, is named after him.
This timeline of South Dakota is a list of events in the history of South Dakota by year.
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