<Li> Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ and Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna ("Village - at - the - end" and "little village - at - the - end"): residing in the Minnesota River area, they are considered the middle Sioux, and are often referred to as the Yankton and the Yanktonai, or, collectively, as the Wičhíyena (endonym) or the Western Dakota (and have been erroneously classified as Nakota). </Li> <Li> Thítȟuŋwaŋ or Teton (uncertain): the westernmost Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior culture, are often referred to as the Lakota . </Li> <P> Today, the Sioux maintain many separate tribal governments scattered across several reservations, communities, and reserves in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Montana in the United States, as well as Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan in Canada . </P> <P> European settlement of the area began in the 17th century following French exploration of the region and became known as New France . The French period began with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with their expulsion by the British, who split New France with Spain in 1763 . </P>

Dialects in the​ mid-west tend to be the strongest dialects in the united states