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Title	Meaning
Title Wahpekute (Waȟpékhute)	Meaning A band of the Isanti or Santee Dakota.
Title Wahpeton (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ)	Meaning A band of the Isanti or Santee Dakota people
Title Wakan Tanka (Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka)	Meaning The Great Mystery or Spirit. Refers to the creator, power, or universal force in everything. Often interpreted as God by Christian peoples.
Title Wakute (Wacouta)	Meaning A Mdewakanton Dakota chief involved in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and imprisoned in the concentration camp below Fort Snelling in the aftermath.
Title Wasicu	Meaning Also Wašicun, Wasichu. Dakota word for a non-Indian.
Title Will-o-the-Wisp	Meaning A name for the flickering light sometimes seen in marshes.
Title Winnebago (Ho-Chunk)	Meaning The former name of the Ho-Chunk tribe of Native Americans who's homeland is Wisconsin. They have reservations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin. During the 1860s, many were residing on a reservation in Minnesota and were forcibly removed with the Dakota after the U.S.-Dakota War.
Title Wiping of the Tears	Meaning A Dakota healing ceremony
Title Works Progress Administration	Meaning Also called W.P.A. The largest and most ambitious New Deal agency (an economic program instated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933-36). It employed millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It also operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects
Title World War II	Meaning Begun in 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany and due to various countries invading land areas. Fought between what was known as the Axis and Allies (which included the U.S.) the Allies won the war in 1945.