Dakota is the language of the Dakota people. The Dakota and other peoples have been called the "Sioux" by French and English colonists, but each group has its own name.

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There are several varieties of the Dakota language, each spoken by a different oyate (nation) of the Dakota people.

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Our Dakota course was created by the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre in 2012. It features the variety of Dakota spoken in Manitoba and south-central Canada.

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