Title

Agreement with the Cheyenne River Sioux, 1954

Original Signatory Tribe(s)

Cheyenne River Sioux

Successor in Interest Tribes

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota

Date Original

3 September 1954

Has Version

U. S. Congress Statute

Subjects/Keywords

mining and mineral rights

Description

The United States agrees that all mineral rights of whatsoever nature at or below the surface within the taking area as described in Part II hereof shall be and hereby are reserved to said Indian Tribe or individual owners or holders of lands or interests in lands as their interests may appear under section I hereof, subject to future extraction and use by said Tribe or said members thereof or their heirs, successors, or assigns, but also subject to all reasonable regulations which may be imposed by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, for the protection and use by the United States of the taking area for the purposes of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project.

hunting fishing gathering

Description

the right to hunt and fish in and on the aforesaid shoreline and reservoir, subject, however, to regulations governing the corresponding use by other citizens of the United States.

promise to pay

Description

The United States agrees to pay, out of funds appropriated for construction of the Oahe project, as just compensation for all lands and improvements and interests therein (except the agency hospital) conveyed pursuant to section I of this Act; and for the bed of the Missouri River so far as it is the eastern boundary of said Cheyenne River Reservation, the sum of $5,384,014; which sum shall be in final and complete settlement of all claims, rights, and demands of said Tribe or allottees or heirs thereof arising out of the construction of the Oahe project, and shall be deposited to the credit of said Tribe in the Treasury of the United States, to draw interest on the principal thereof at the rate of 4 per centum per annum until expended:

In addition to the sum set out in section II hereof, the United States further agrees that it will appropriate and make available a further sum in the total amount of $5,160,000 which shall likewise be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indian Tribe to draw interest on the principal thereof at the rate of 4 per centum per annum until expended for the purpose of complete rehabilitation for all members of said Tribe who are residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation at the time of the passage of this Act, whether or not residing within the taking area of the Oahe Project, and for relocating and reestablishing members of said Tribe who reside upon such lands conveyed to the United States to the extent that the economic, social, religious, and community life of all said Indians shall be restored to a condition not less advantageous to said Indians than the condition that the said Indians now are in

The United States agrees to reimburse the said Tribal Council for expenses incurred by it and caused by, or incident to, the negotiations which have led up to the making and ratification of this agreement

Is Referenced By

68 Stat. 1191

Treaty Type

agreement

Bibliographic Citation

Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 506

Last updated in MODX

2023-10-27

MODX ID

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