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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a subdivision of the Nakota formerly inhabiting northern Minnesota, now located mainly in North and South Dakota and eastern Montana.
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Examples
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This scene may relate to an incident in which Rain-in-the-Face is said to have saved the daughter of the Upper Yanktonai Black Prairie Dog by extending his quirt to her and swinging her up onto his horse when their camp was attacked by the U.S. Army.
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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One example was the information provided about what were perhaps my favorite objects in the show---the Brooklyn Museum Collection's lavishly embellished shirt for a chief's war dress, with warrior leggings, both Yanktonai, early 19th century, from Fort Snelling, Minnesota:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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This scene may relate to an incident in which Rain-in-the-Face is said to have saved the daughter of the Upper Yanktonai Black Prairie Dog by extending his quirt to her and swinging her up onto his horse when their camp was attacked by the U.S. Army.
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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This scene may relate to an incident in which Rain-in-the-Face is said to have saved the daughter of the Upper Yanktonai Black Prairie Dog by extending his quirt to her and swinging her up onto his horse when their camp was attacked by the U.S. Army.
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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This scene may relate to an incident in which Rain-in-the-Face is said to have saved the daughter of the Upper Yanktonai Black Prairie Dog by extending his quirt to her and swinging her up onto his horse when their camp was attacked by the U.S. Army.
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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One example was the information provided about what were perhaps my favorite objects in the show---the Brooklyn Museum Collection's lavishly embellished shirt for a chief's war dress, with warrior leggings, both Yanktonai, early 19th century, from Fort Snelling, Minnesota:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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One example was the information provided about what were perhaps my favorite objects in the show---the Brooklyn Museum Collection's lavishly embellished shirt for a chief's war dress, with warrior leggings, both Yanktonai, early 19th century, from Fort Snelling, Minnesota:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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One example was the information provided about what were perhaps my favorite objects in the show---the Brooklyn Museum Collection's lavishly embellished shirt for a chief's war dress, with warrior leggings, both Yanktonai, early 19th century, from Fort Snelling, Minnesota:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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Yanktonai, and some northern Teton, at Kildeer Mountain on the Little
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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One part of the fugitives trying to escape to the Yanktonai was overtaken and defeated with great loss by Sibley near Big Mound, North Dakota, 24
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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