Treaty with the Brule and Oglala Sioux, 1866

Item

Title
Treaty with the Brule and Oglala Sioux, 1866
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Lower Brulé
Oglala
Cheyenne
Date Original
27 June 1866
Subjects/Keywords
Description
the same to be invested in the purchase of teams necessary for farming purposes, agricultural implements, seeds, and such other articles as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. And whenever one hundred lodges or families shall have so engaged in Agricultural pursuits, they shall be entitled to a farmer, and a blacksmith at the expense of the Government
Description
as also teachers for such schools as may be required for the education of their children, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Description
The said bands represented in Council, shall withdraw from the routes overland already established, or hereafter to be established, through their country;
Description
the government of the United States agree to pay to the said bands the sum of seventy thousand dollars, annually, for twenty years,
Treaty Type
treaty
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), 1368
National Archives, Record Group 75, Office of Indian Affairs, Treaty File, T494, roll 9: 99
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3132;treaty-with-the-brule-and-oglala-sioux-1866-22638
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