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§ 12-3-9 — Sioux dialects defined as historically unwritten.

South Dakota § 12-3-9
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 12ELECTIONS
Ch. 12-2SUFFRAGE AND RIGHT TO VOTE

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S.D. Codified Laws § 12-3-9 (2026).

Text

The Legislature finds that the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota dialects of the Sioux language are "historically" unwritten languages and are defined as such by the provisions of Public Law 94-73.

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Legislative History

SL 1976, ch 104, § 2.

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