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Published June 25, 2008, 12:00 AM

Tribe rejects changing name

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to be known as Sioux, following a special election on the reservation. Voters rejected a proposal to change the tribe’s name from Sioux to “Oyate,” a word that means “people or nation.” The vote was 337 against and 225 in favor.

FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to be known as Sioux, following a special election on the reservation.

Voters rejected a proposal to change the tribe’s name from Sioux to “Oyate,” a word that means “people or nation.” The vote was 337 against and 225 in favor.

The name change was adopted by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe six years ago.

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