{{short description|Dakota people of the Sioux residing west of Brandon, Manitoba}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox First Nation | band_name = Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | endonym = Wipazoka Wakpa | people = Dakota | headquarters = Griswold, Manitoba R0M 0S0 | chief = Vincent Tacan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svdngovernance.com/governance-news/svdn-elections-2023-chief-council-23-25-official-results/ |title=SVDN Elections 2023 – Chief & Council '23-'25 Official Results |date=20 October 2023 }}</ref> | tribal_council = Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council | website = {{URL|svdngovernance.com}} }}{{Location map|Canada Manitoba|lat=49.80|long=-100.2904|width=300|caption=Location of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve in Manitoba|label=Sioux<br>Valley}} '''Sioux Valley Dakota Nation''' ('''SVDN''') or '''Wipazoka Wakpa''' ('Saskatoon River', named for the abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trcm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Names-Community-Map_MFNERC.pdf |title=Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. - Traditional First Nations Community Names |access-date=2020-11-24 |archive-date=2021-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204193644/http://www.trcm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Names-Community-Map_MFNERC.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dakotanation.com/|title=Sioux Valley Dakota Nation|publisher=Sioux Valley Dakota Nation|year=|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> Around 1,080 of the population resides on the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Reserve,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dqY5p3pNF8sJ:www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/statistics/demographics/communities/sioux_valley_dakota_nation_iri.pdf+sioux+valley+dakota+nation+census&hl=en&gl=ca&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgyPsu_A-GPYREUdtLtJHekmTqfBIgxqj1o3XIcJ27ni8VtrDWLJ0JAQRxhxWxvEKi9bQ5It4SXN-qbn66_GNPDn55bBwrcADf99Muwiv2zDhR117v7_kE9klBIOO-jMVtUAz_3&sig=AHIEtbSP636Yhuj-iH8q5_Zhv8-eIYK7Ig|title=Sioux Valley Dakota National, IRI|publisher=Statistics Canada|year=2006|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> 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''' — {{Convert|38.2|km2|acres|abbr=on}} * '''Fishing Station 62A''' — shared reserve with Birdtail Sioux and Canupawakpa Dakota First Nations
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==External links== *[http://www.dakotanation.com/ www.dakotanation.com] *[http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Sioux%20Valley%20Dakota%20Nation%20(IRI)&IdentUID=4606040 Map of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation at Statcan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608052509/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Sioux%20Valley%20Dakota%20Nation%20(IRI)&IdentUID=4606040 |date=2011-06-08 }} *[https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-10.2/page-1.html ''Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act'', S.C. 2014, c. 1]
{{Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council}} {{First Nations in Southern Manitoba}} {{MBDivision6}}
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Category:Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Category:First Nations governments in Manitoba Category:Santee Dakota Category:Indian reserves in Manitoba Category:First Nations in Southern Manitoba Category:Sioux governments
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