What is the name of the sacred lake near which the Yankton Sioux Tribe once lived?
Spirit Lake
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Answer
The Yankton Sioux Tribe once lived near the sacred Spirit Lake, which is just north of Mille Lacs Lake. Their Dakota name, "Ihaƞktoƞwaƞ Dakota Oyate," meaning "People of the End Village," comes from this period.
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