Definition of Dakota
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plural Dakota also Dakotas
: a member of an Indigenous people of the northern Mississippi River valley
Note: The Dakota are divided into the Eastern Dakota, also known as Santee, and the Western Dakota, which include the Yankton and Yanktonai. Along with the Lakota people, the Eastern and Western Dakota form part of the Dakota people. In Canada, the Dakota are designated as a First Nation people.
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: the Siouan language of the Dakota people
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The first known use of Dakota was in 1804
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