[Agreement with the Sioux Nation, 1889]

Item

Title
[Agreement with the Sioux Nation, 1889]
Alternative Title
An act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes.
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
See all items with this valueSioux
Date Original
2 March 1889
Successor in Interest Tribe(s)
See all items with this valueOglala Sioux Tribe
See all items with this valueRosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota
See all items with this valueStanding Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
See all items with this valueCheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota
See all items with this valueLower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota
See all items with this valueCrow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota
See all items with this valueSantee Sioux Nation, Nebraska
See all items with this valueFlandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Subjects/Keywords
Not Ratified - Considered Valid
railroads
Description
any agreement heretofore made with the Chicago, Milwaukee
and Saint Paul Railroad Company or the Dakota Central Railroad Company for a right of way through said reservation
right of way
Description
any agreement heretofore made with the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company or the Dakota Central Railroad Company for a right of way through said reservation
provide education assistance
Description
securing to said Indians the benefits of education, subject to such modifications as Congress shall deem most effective to secure to said
Indians equivalent benefits of such education, shall continue in force
for twenty years from and after the time this act shall take effect
Santee Normal
Training School may, in like manner, purchase for such educational
Training School
the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be erected not less than thirty school-houses
provide agriculture assistance
Description
Purchase of cattle.
so many American breeding cows of good quality, not exceeding
twenty-five thousand in number
shall be pro-
vided with two nilch cows, one pair of oxens
the necessary seeds Seed, etc.
shall be provided
employment
of farmers and in the purchase of agricultural implements
roads and highways
Description
there shall be
reserved public highways four rods wide around every section of Highways
Is Referenced By
25 Stat. 888
Treaty Type
agreement
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3298;agreement-with-the-sioux-nation-1889-23026