Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Dakota people of the Sioux residing west of Brandon, Manitoba
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Headquarters | Griswold, Manitoba R0M 0S0 |
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Chief | Jennifer Bone [1] |
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Sioux Valley Dakota Nation ( SVDN ) or Wipazoka Wakpa ('Saskatoon River', named for the abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river) [2] is a Dakota ( Sioux ) First Nation that resides west of Brandon, Manitoba .
The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has a total population of around 2,400. [3] Around 1,080 of the population resides on the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve, [4] which is located by the southeast corner of the Rural Municipality of Wallace - Woodworth .
Reserves
The First Nation have two reserves, their main reserve and one in which they share.
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation — 38.2 km 2 (9,400 acres)
- Fishing Station 62A — shared reserve with Birdtail Sioux and Canupawakpa Dakota First Nations
Notes
- ↑ "SVDN Chief & Council 2018 - 2021" . 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. - Traditional First Nations Community Names" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-04 . Retrieved 2020-11-24 .
- ↑ "Sioux Valley Dakota Nation" . Sioux Valley Dakota Nation . Retrieved 2010-07-03 .
- ↑ "Sioux Valley Dakota National, IRI" . Statistics Canada . 2006 . Retrieved 2010-07-03 .
External links
- www.dakotanation.com
- Map of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation at Statcan Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act , S.C. 2014, c. 1
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