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History & Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate Spirit Lake Nation is a guide to the Spirit Lake nation, past and present. Elders, scholars, and other experts from the nation contributed the content of this book, which was reviewed by Cankdeska Cikana Community College (English: Little Hoop Community College) and published by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) for use in middle and high school North Dakota Studies classes, as well as in higher education.
The Spirit Lake Nation’s name in the Santee Dakota language is “Mni Wakan Oyate” (also transcribed “Mniwakaƞ Oyate”). The nation was formerly called the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe in various English-language materials. It is comprised of the Pabaksa (Iháŋkthuŋwaŋna), Sisseton (Sisíthuŋwaŋ) and Wahpeton (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ) bands of the Dakota people. The Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation shares geography with eastern North Dakota, beside Devils Lake. Fort Totten is the capital of this sovereign nation.
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
Chester Fritz Library
Disciplines
United States History
Recommended Citation
Cankdeska Cikana Community College and North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, "The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation)" (1997). North Dakota Tribal History and Culture Series. 3.
https://commons.und.edu/nd-tribal-history-series/3
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The original publisher and content rights holder of the The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation) is North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction, who first printed the text in 1997. Please contact them for inquiries regarding republication rights. The latest print edition of The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation) may be purchased from NDSU Press.
This digital, open edition of The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation) preserves the content of the initial text in its entirety, adapted to a digital environment.