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McGee, W. J. (William John), 1853-1912

"The Siouan Indians"

So far as made out through
the latest researches, the grand divisions, confederacies, and tribes of
the stock,(7) with their present condition, are as follows:
1. _Dakota-Asiniboin_
Dakota ("Friendly") or Ot?-ce-ti ca-ko-win ("Seven council-fires")
confederacy, comprising--
A. Santee, including Mde-wa-kan?-ton-wan ("Spirit Lake village") and
Wa-qpe?-ku-te ("Shoot among deciduous trees"), mostly located in
Knox county, Nebraska, on the former Santee reservation, with some
oa Fort Peck reservation, Montana.
B. Sisseton or Si-si?-ton-wan? ("Fish-scale village"), mostly on
Sisseton reservation, South Dakota, partly on Devils Lake
reservation, North Dakota.
C. Wahpetou or Wa?-qpe?-ton-wan ("Dwellers among deciduous trees"),
mostly on Devils Lake reservation, North Dakota.
D. Yankton or I-hank?-ton-wan ("End village"), in Yankton village,
South Dakota.
E. Yanktonai or I-hank?-ton-wan-na ("Little End village"), comprising--
a. Upper Yanktonai, on Standing Rock reservation, North Dakota,
with the Pa?-ba-kse ("Cut head") gens on Devils Lake
reservation, North Dakota.
b. Lower Yanktonai, or Hunkpatina ("Campers at the horn [or end
of the camping circle]"), mostly on Crow Creek reservation,
South Dakota, with some on Standing Bock reservation, North
Dakota, and others on Fort Peck reservation, Montana.


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