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Total population | |
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12,300[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States ( South Dakota) | |
Languages | |
English, Dakota | |
Religion | |
traditional tribal religion, Christianity, Sun Dance, Native American Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Dakota, Lakota, Nakota |
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (Dakota: Sisíthuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ oyáte[1]), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized tribe comprising two bands and two subdivisions of the Isanti or Santee Dakota people. They are on the Lake Traverse Reservation in northeast South Dakota.