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Wabasha IV

Mdewakanton Dakota chief

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7968234 ↗
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Wabasha IV (1854–1925) was a Mdewakanton Dakota minister, also known as "Hdakinyan" and Napoleon Wabasha. As a young man he served as a scout for the 7th Cavalry Regiment 1873–4. He was elected to the tribal council of the Santee Sioux Reservation in 1878, when the Santees voted to end the old chief system. He became a United States citizen in 1909.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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“Wabasha IV” enters the record as mdewakanton Dakota chief. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wabasha, Mdewakanton and Dakota can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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