Yankton

[ yangk-tuhn ]

noun

, plural Yank·tons, (especially collectively) Yank·ton

1. a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Yanktonai.
2. a town in SE South Dakota.

Example Sentences

Sheppard’s biggest gamble, however, was enrolling his daughter in an elementary school in Yankton.

From Ozy

A string of forged documents had landed him his new identity, a job and even a rented house in Yankton, South Dakota.

From Ozy

Then rose Toh-ki-e-to (a medicine-man,) of the Yankton band, and principal orator of the nation.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, he gave his reasons: 'I know he is old, by the impression his gait has made and a Yankton by that of his moccasin.

From Project Gutenberg

On the way, we made a short stop at the Yankton agency, which we had visited two years before.

From Project Gutenberg

For the ordination the Congregational churches of Yankton and Springfield had united in calling the council.

From Project Gutenberg

The building is going up—August, 1877—a neat and substantial frame, the material of which was brought up from Yankton by boat.

From Project Gutenberg