Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

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Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
of the Lake Traverse Reservation

2006–2007 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Vietnam Veterans princess at the University of Minnesota, Morris powwow, photo by Nic McPhee
Total population
12,300[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States ( South Dakota)
Languages
English, Dakota
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Christianity, Sun Dance, Native American Church
Related ethnic groups
other Dakota, Lakota, Nakota

The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (Dakota: Sisíthuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ oyáte^[1]), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized tribe comprising two bands and two subdivisions of the Isanti or Santee Dakota people. They are on the Lake Traverse Reservation in northeast South Dakota.