11241 Lakota Sioux is the cover term for the varieties of the Dakotan dialect complex other than Assiniboine and Stoney, with 3 dialect groups: Santee-Sisseton (Dakota), Yankton-Yanktonai, and Teton (Lakota). Teton (Lakota) is the dialect of the Cheyenne River, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Sisseton Reservations of South Dakota, as well as of the southern part of the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota and of the Wood Mountain Reserve in Saskatchewan. There are also substantial off-reservation communities of Sioux speakers, particularly in Rapid City, Minneapolis, and other urban centers in the upper Midwest. Together, there are nearly 25,000 first-language speakers of all Sioux dialects in a total population of 103,000. Of these an estimated 4,755 reside in Canada. North America Off