Reservation: Devils Lake Tribes: Assiniboin, Cuthead (Pabaksa), Santee, Sisseton, Yankton,
and Wahpeton Sioux Acres: 92,144 Established by: Treaty of Feb. 19, 1867 (XV, 505); agreement of Sept. 20,
1872, confirmed in Indian appropriation act approved June 22,
1874 (XVIII, 167). 135,824.33 acres were allotted to 1,193
Indians, 727.83 acres reserved for church, and 193.61 acres
reserved for Government purposes. Act of Apr. 27,1904 (XXXIII,
319), to amend and ratify agreement made Nov. 2, 1901.
President's proclamation of June 2, 1904 (XXXIII, 2368).
Reservation: Fort Berthold Tribes: Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan Acres: 884,780 Established by: Unratified agreement of Sept. 17, 1851, and July 27, 1866;
Executive orders, Apr. 12, 1870, July 13, 1880, and June
17,1892; agreement of Dec. 14, 1886, ratified by act of Mar.3,
1891 (XXVI, 1032). (See Pres. proc. May 20,1891, XXVII, 979.)
80,340 acres were allotted to 940 Indians; the residue, 884,780
acres, unallotted. Lands now in process of allotment.
Reservation: Standing Rock Tribes: Blackfeet (Sihasapa), Hunkpapa, Lower and Upper Yanktonai
Sioux Acres: 1,847,812 Established by: Treaty of Apr. 29, 1868 (XV, 635); Executive orders, Jan. 11
and Mar. 16, 1876, and Nov. 28, 1876; agreement ratified by act
of Feb. 28, 1877 (XIX, 254); Executive orders, Aug. 9, 1879. and
Mar. 20, 1884 (1,520,640 acres in South Dakota); unratified
agreement of Oct. 17,1882. (For modification see sundry civil
appropriation act approved Mar. 3, 1883, XXII, 624; for text see
Misc. Indian Doc. XIV, 305.) Act of Congress of Apr. 30, 1888
(XXV, 94), not accepted. Act of Congress of Mar. 2, 1899 (XXV,
888). President's proclamation of Feb. 10, 1890 (XXVI, 1554).
Under act of Mar. 2, 1899 (XXV, 884), and authority of the
President of Sept. 26, 1905. 2,489 Indians have been allotted
824,828.44 acres, leaving unallotted 1,847,811.56 acres. Lands
now in process of allotment.
Reservation: Turtle Mountain Tribes: Pembina Chippewa Acres: Established by: Executive orders, Dec. 21, 1882, Mar. 29 and June 3, 1884.
Agreement made Oct. 2, 1892, amended by Indian appropriation act
approved and ratified Apr. 21, 1904, (XXXIII194). 45,894 acres
allotted to 326 Indians, and 186 acres reserved for church and
school purposes under the above-named act.
Source: The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico,
Frederick Webb Hodge. 1906, Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing
Office.
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