| Nakota / Nakoda / Nakona // Îyârhe "ally / friend" // "mountain" | |
|---|---|
| Person | Assiniboine: Nakóda Stoney: Îyethka |
| People | Assiniboine: Nakón Oyáde Stoney: Îyethkabi / Îyethka Oyade |
| Language | Assiniboine: (oral): Nakón Iyábi (sign): Nakón Wíyutabi Stoney: (oral): Îyethka Îabi / wîchoîe (sign): Îyethka Wowîhâ |
| Country | Assiniboine: Nakón Mąkóce Stoney: Îyethka Makóce |
Nakota (or Nakoda or Nakona)[1] is the endonym used by those Native peoples of North America who usually go by the name of Assiniboine (or Hohe), in the United States, and of Stoney, in Canada.
The Assiniboine branched off from the Great Sioux Nation (aka the Oceti Sakowin) long ago and moved further west from the original territory in the woodlands of what is now Minnesota into the northern and northwestern regions of Montana and North Dakota in the United States, and Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in Canada. In each of the Western Siouan language dialects, nakota, dakota and lakota all mean "friend".[citation needed]