What is Dakota people?
[[File:Zitkala-Sa.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Zitkala-Sa]], a West Dakotan author.]] The '''Dakota people''' are a [[Native American]] [[tribe]]. They are also a part of the [[First Nations]]. They make up two of the three main subcultures of the [[Sioux|Sioux people]]. They are usually divided into the '''Eastern Dakota''' and the '''Western Dakota'''. The Eastern Dakota are also called the '''Santee''', and are located in the eastern [[The Dakotas|Dakotas]], central [[Minnesota]] and northern [[Iowa]]. They have many federally recognized tribes. The Western Dakota are also called the '''Yankton''' or '''Yanktonai,''' and are located in the [[Missouri River]] area. They also have many notable federally recognized tribes. They were often mistaken to be the [[Nakota]] (who are actually a group of tribes that broke away from the main branches of the Sioux nation in earlier times). == History == The Dakota lived in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]] in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book |first=George E. |last=Hyde |title=Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman |year=1984 |page=3 |isbn=0-8061-1520-3 }}</ref> By 1700 some had moved to present-day [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Johnson |first2=Jonathan |last2=Smith |title=Tribes of the Sioux Nation |url=https://archive.org/details/tribesofsiouxnat0000john |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford |year=2000 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tribesofsiouxnat0000john/page/3 3] |isbn=1-85532-878-X }}</ref> Late in the 17th century, the Dakota became alliances with [[French people|French]] [[merchant]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=van Houten |first=Gerry |title=Corporate Canada An Historical Outline |pages=6–8 |publisher=Progress Books |location=Toronto |year=1991 |isbn=0-919396-54-2 }}</ref> The French tried to use this alliance to help them control the [[North American fur trade]] against the [[English people|English]]. === Dakota War of 1862 === In the late 1850s, treaty viola