Dakotan

Bismarck or Pierre native

Dakotan refers to someone or something from either North Dakota or South Dakota, the two U.S. states that share the name.

As a noun, a Dakotan is a resident or native of these states: North Dakotans and South Dakotans alike call themselves Dakotans.

The adjective describes things characteristic of the region: Dakotan winters, Dakotan prairies.

indigenous

Lakota

Western Sioux people

  • SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
  • OglalaLakota Sioux division
  • YanktonDakota Territory's first capital

Teton · tribal nations · bands · clans · kinship

cultural

powwow

Ceremonial tribal gathering

sweat lodge · beadwork · quillwork · regalia · moccasins · tipi · winter counts · oral tradition · elders · spirituality

geographical

Great Plains

Central North American grassland

Iowa · Missouri River · Black Hills · Badlands · reservation · Standing Rock · Pine Ridge · Rosebud · grassland · buttes

historical

Little Bighorn

1876 Montana battle site

Crazy Horse · Ghost Dance · forced relocation · boarding schools · treaty rights · land allotment · sovereignty · resistance · American Indian Movement

Opposites
geographic region

DakotanCalifornian

Native of a western state

Floridian · Hawaiian · New Yorker · Mainer · Oregonian

landscape and terrain

Dakotanislander

Person from surrounded land

city dweller · urbanite · mountaineer · seafarer

Phrases
Family

Dakota, Dakotas, Dakotans

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G