Agreement with the Sioux, 1856

Item

Title
Agreement with the Sioux, 1856
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
See all items with this valueTwo Kettle
See all items with this valueLower Yanktons
See all items with this valueOncpapas
See all items with this valueSans Arc
See all items with this valueYankton
See all items with this valueBrules of the Platte
Successor in Interest Tribes
See all items with this valueCheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota
See all items with this valueStanding Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
Date Original
March 1, 1856
Date Proclaimed
March 2, 1856
Date Ratified
March 3, 1856
Date Modified
March 4, 1856
March 5, 1856
Has Version
Congressional Serial Set
Subjects/Keywords
crimes against Indian country
Description
all whites found in their country or passing through it, who may commit any offence against them or their property, may be taken up by them, no greater violence or force being used than may be absolutely necessary, and delivered at the nearest military post, to be proceeded against according to our laws.
provide agriculture assistance
Description
when the land can be ploughed for them, and where they can receive advice and assistance, and the President will be requested to assist them.
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), 229
34th Cong., 1st sess., H. Ex. Doc. 130 (serial 859):6
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
2992;agreement-with-the-sioux-1856-22269
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