Place Names
What is the English name for “Mni Sóta”?
Minnesota
How do females say "Hello" in Dakota?
Haŋ
True or False? Dakota people migrated to the lands now known as Minnesota.
False
What is the translated meaning of Chaske?
First Born Boy
What is the English name for “Anuŋkha”?
Anoka
How do males say “Hello” in Dakota?
Hau
Dakota people traditionally lived in these cone-shaped homes made from wooden poles and bark or hides.
Tipis
What is the translated meaning of Mni la Thanka?
Big Water that Speaks
What is the English name for “Makhatho”?
Mankato
What is the English meaning of “Tókhed yaúŋ he?”
How are you?
How many Dakota tribal communities are there in Minnesota?
4
What is the translated meaning of Mahto Bde?
Bear Lake
What is the English name for “Mni Ia Tháŋka”?
What is the English meaning of “Phidámayaye”?
This Dakota leader tried to keep peace before the U.S.-Dakota War.
Taoyateduta (Little Crow)
What is the translated meaning of Imnizaska?
White Rocks/Cliff
What is the English name for “Phežihutazizi K’api”?
Where They Dig the Yellow Medicine
How do you say “it’s nice to see/meet you” in Dakota?
Taŋyaŋ Wačhiyake
What does the word “Dakota” mean?
Allies/Friendly People
What is the translated meaning of Wakoniya?
Spring/Fountain
Name one of the Dakota communities in Minnesota.
Thinta Winta
Bdewakhantonwan
Chansayapi
Phezihutazizi K’api