Sioux Valley Dakota Nation

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Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN), which was once known as Oak River Reserve, was recognized as a Canadian Indian Reserve in 1875. The reserve is located 45 minutes west of the city of Brandon, Manitoba and is 10 kilometers north of the Trans-Canada Highway #1.
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has a total population of approximately 2,400 members. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is part of the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council along with other Dakota and Ojibway bands in Manitoba.

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You gotta gargle and then you gotta drink that to clean Albert Taylor \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up Dakota, Boarding Schools, Language Keywords: Boarding School, Language
That's how much damage they did to me. Albert Taylor \| Oral History	Theme: Shared History Topics: Current Events, Dakota in White Systems, Growing Up Dakota, Boarding School Keywords: Boarding School
It’s a beautiful song that they were singing Albert Taylor \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Mankato, Perspectives on War Keywords: Mankato Hanging
There were so many Dakotas killed, unrecorded. Albert Taylor \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Perspectives on 1862, Genocide, History Keywords: Lincoln, Germ Warfare

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