Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Explained

Band Name:	Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Endonym:	Wipazoka Wakpa
People:	Dakota
Headquarters:	Griswold, Manitoba R0M 0S0
Chief:	Vincent Tacan^[1]
Tribal Council:	Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN) or Wipazoka Wakpa ('Saskatoon River', named for the abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river)^[2] is a Dakota (Sioux) First Nation that resides west of Brandon, Manitoba.

The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has a total population of around 2,400.^[3] Around 1,080 of the population resides on the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve,^[4] which is located by the southeast corner of the Rural Municipality of Wallace - Woodworth.

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation comprises the Eastern Dakota bands of the Seven Council Fires. The Sisituŋwaŋ, Waȟpetuŋwaŋ, Bdewakaŋtuŋwaŋ, and Waȟpe Kute.

Reserves

The First Nation have two reserves, their main reserve and one in which they share.

• Sioux Valley Dakota Nation — 38.2km2
• Fishing Station 62A — shared reserve with Birdtail Sioux and Canupawakpa Dakota First Nations

External links

• www.dakotanation.com
• Map of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation at Statcan
• Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act, S.C. 2014, c. 1

49.85°N -100.4994°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: SVDN Elections 2023 – Chief & Council '23-'25 Official Results . 20 October 2023 .
2. Web site: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. - Traditional First Nations Community Names . 2020-11-24 . 2021-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204193644/http://www.trcm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Names-Community-Map_MFNERC.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. 2010-07-03.
4. Web site: Sioux Valley Dakota National, IRI. Statistics Canada. 2006. 2010-07-03.