Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Appearance
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation or Wipazoka Wakpa ("Saskatoon River", there are an abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river.)[1] is a Dakota Nation, they are the Dakota people of the Sioux that reside west of Brandon, Manitoba. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has a total population of around 2,400.[2] Around 1,080 of the population resides on the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve,[3] which is located by the southeast corner of the Rural Municipality of Wallace - Woodworth.
Reserves
The First Nation have two reserves, their main reserve and one in which they share.
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve - 38.2km2 (9,439 acres)
- Fishing Station 62A Reserve - shared reserve with Birdtail Sioux First Nation and Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation
Notes
- ^ Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. - Traditional First Nations Community Names
- ^ "Sioux Valley Dakota Nation". Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ "Sioux Valley Dakota National, IRI". Statistics Canada. 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-03.