Sintaluta
Photo: Sintaluta Station, Canadian Pacific Railway, ca. 1911
Lakota
Translation to Lakota is not available at this time. For more information about Indigenous languages in Canada please visit: Indigenous languages - Canada.ca or International Decade of Indigenous Languages - Canada.ca
English
Sintaluta is a Lakota/Dakota name that translates to “red tail,” referring to a fox’s tail. It describes how the nearby creek spreads out into a marshy area just west of the town. In Canada, over 800 people speak some Dakota at home. (Census 2021)
Related links
- Indigenous Place Names
- Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
- International Decade of Indigenous Languages (Canadian Heritage)
- Indigenous languages spoken at home (Statistics Canada)
- Geographic Names Program (Government of Saskatchewan)
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