Definition of Yankton in English:
Yankton
nounPlural Yanktonsˈjaŋkt(ə)n
1A member of a Siouan people of the Great Plains of North and South Dakota.
Example sentencesExamples
- Like the Yankton / Yanktonai Sioux, the Santee grudgingly accepted ‘concentration’ in 1858.
- Though Robertson refers to the Yanktons and Santees throughout the book as Lakotas, they are, in fact, Dakota people.
2mass noun The Siouan language of the Yankton.
adjectiveˈjaŋkt(ə)n
Relating to the Yankton or their language.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Isn't Yankton that settlement they just built, after that treaty with the Yankton Sioux? ‘asked Adam.’
- The ‘reformers ‘- notably John Collier, founder of the American Indian Defense Association, and Gertrude Bonnin, a Yankton Dakota - sought to preserve Native American resources, crafts, culture, land, and spirituality.’
Origin
Yankton, literally ‘end village’.