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- noun A member of a subdivision of the Nakota people formerly inhabiting northern Minnesota, now located mainly in the eastern Dakotas.
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Examples
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YANKTON, SD - Yankton has been hit by one of the higher unemployment rates in South Dakota, but real estate agents in the South Dakota city say the housing market has remained resilient.
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YANKTON - The regional park supervisor says visitation at Lewis and Clark Recreation Area near Yankton is up this year because of the economy.
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Clinton lost her voice while speaking here in Yankton and had to turn the microphone over to her daughter Chelsea.
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Then again, Clinton has just started speaking here in Yankton -- a bad, echoey sound system has her sounding as if she's slightly tipsy ... but not less feisty.
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All of us SDakotans (At least I will be when I get my SD license - and besides my great uncle was a Senator from SD and I once got shot at in Yankton) love having about twice the clout of each of those quiche eating wine slurping Californians, especially the elite liberal Berkeleyians.
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My great aunt in Yankton, S.D. has received two phone calls claiming that Linda Daschle was an abortionist.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Possible Fraud–This time by the Daschle campaign.– 2004
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Hillary Clinton repeated her promise to voters in Yankton to continue forward after Tuesday claiming her popular vote totals give her reason to do so despite Sen. Barack Obama’s delegate lead.
Clinton: South Dakota 'will have a big influence' going forward 2008
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Even in some remote corner called Yankton, vultures on the other side of the country or the world are trying to slip into our lives.
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With the U.S.S. "Yankton" (which had run out of coal) in tow, we proceeded to Guantanamo.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910
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NCRJ is working with advocate Anna James to coordinate legal efforts and has applied for support from the Yankton Sioux Tribe, in South Dakota, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, in Minnesota.
Stephanie Woodard: Presumed Guilty: Group Seeks to Exonerate Four Yankton Sioux Men Stephanie Woodard 2011
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