Wahpeton

[ waw-pi-tn ]

/ ˈwɔ pɪ tn /

a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.

Example sentences from the Web for wahpeton

I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton.

National Book Award Winner Louise Erdrich: How I Write |Noah Charney |December 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was the Wahpeton chief who spoke, a blood-relation to Tawasuota.

Old Indian Days |[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman
During the simple preparatory rites, there was a stir of excitement among a group of Wahpeton Sioux young men.

Among the Sioux |R. J. Creswell
Nevertheless that was a sad day for the Wahpeton Sioux; but saddest of all was Winona's fate!

Indian Boyhood |[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

It will be in the Wahpeton Camp, before the sun reaches the middle of the sky.

Among the Sioux |R. J. Creswell
Of the Wahpeton tribe all the seven gentes derived their names from localities.

Social Origins and Primal Law |Andrew Lang