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The word Sakpe [shock-pay] is a Dakota word meaning the number six. It refers to a historic Dakota leader, Chief Sakpe, leader of a village that was located along the river where the modern city of Shakopee now exists. Tribal members are descendants of the Dakota who lived in this area before European settlers arrived.
