High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Wa-na-ta (Dakota: W nataŋ which translates as One who charges, or Charger) was a chief of the Yanktonai, a tribe of the Dakota. He was born around 1795. The Yanktonai were located near the St. Peter River, which is today known as the Minnesota River, in present day Minnesota. The Yanktonai were said to have a population between five and six thousand individuals with 1,300 warriors. Wanata was a very...