Devils Lake or Spirit Lake? In 1996, Mni Wakan Oyate voted to change tribe's name to reflect true translation

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Devils Lake or Spirit Lake? In 1996, Mni Wakan Oyate voted to change tribe's name to reflect true translation

Editor's note: Mni Wakan is spelled differently across sources. Some of the variations include Mne Wakan, Mni Waukan and Miniwakan. The Grand Forks Herald uses the "Mni Wakan" spelling in this story because that is how it is spelled by the Spirit Lake Tribe online. SPIRIT LAKE RESERVATION — Whether intentionally or by mistake, it seems white settler misinterpretation of an Indigenous story is behind the "devils" named throughout eastern North Da…