Synonyms:
Dakota
Meaning: the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
Synonyms:
Dakota
Meaning: the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
Synonyms:
Dakota
Meaning: a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
Usage examples
Now, in her great desire to keep the stolen boy awhile longer, she ventured to cry as the Dakota woman does.
When the Cariboo fever reached the East, the public there had heard neither of the Indian massacres in Oregon nor that the Sioux were on the war-path in Dakota.
Not knowing that the syllables of a Dakota's cry are the names of loved ones gone, the ugly toad mother sought to please the boy's ear with the names of valuable articles.
In 1890 he was shifted north to take the field against the Sioux Indians, in South Dakota, and in the Battle of Wounded Knee he had a considerable taste of burnt powder, where the tribe that had massacred General Custer and his band was practically wiped out.