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Sioux Nation lands and allotments act text summary
Act provisions establish reservations for Sioux and Ponca in Dakota Territory Nebraska land tracts, set boundaries and island donations, authorize patents in trust for 25 years, guarantee allotments by class, allow resurvey and allotment in severalty, regulate water use, and provide for educational society land grants and Chamberlain island park transfer with conditions. Includes funding, homestead rights, and repeal conditions if treaty terms not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territory of
Dakota
Cheyenne River
White River
Nebraska
Nebrasa
Boundry Line
Rosebud
Missouri River
Platte Or
Platte Creek
Missouri
Standing Rock Agency
Cannon Ball River
Grand River
Cedar Creek
Rivered River
Es Seca Rey
Lower Brule
Deer Eal Dakota
Flandreau Band of
Moody County
United States
General Land Office
Indian Bureau
Saids
Lease Bay
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Git
Interior
Ponca
Milwaukee & St. Pau) Railroad Company
Dakota Central Railroad Company
Great Sioux
Secr
Tainte
American Island
Congress
Chamberlain
United Seaos
Treas