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	Sioux Uprising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The small Lower Sioux Indian Reservation was reestablished at the site of the Lower Sioux Agency near Morton and in the 1930s, an even smaller Upper Sioux Reservation was established near Granite Falls.
		On August 4, representatives of the northern Sisseton and Wahpeton bands met at the Upper Sioux Agency in the northwestern part of the reservation.
		The Sioux Uprising, also known as the Dakota Conflict or the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, was an armed conflict between the United States and several eastern bands of the Dakota people (often referred to as the Santee Sioux) that began on August 17, 1862 along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minnesota_Sioux_War_1862

	Lesson 4
		Lower Sioux Agency, with its food and other supplies, was the first target of the Dakota.
		The Lower Agency served the Mdewakanton (Little Crow was from this band) and the Wahpekute, while the Upper Agency was established for the Wahpeton and Sisseton.
		When violence flared at Lower Sioux on August 18, 1862, white refugees throughout the area immediately headed to the fort seeking protection.
	www.hamline.edu /~fjohnson/mncivil/lesson_4.0.html

	Sioux
		The Lower Sioux Indian Agency Warehouse Photos, map, inventory from the spring of 1862, and a short explanation of the beginning of the Sioux Uprising.
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		Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota Official site of the Rosebud Sioux (Sicangu Oyate Lakota), offering a view of the land, people and projects of the tribe.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sioux.html

	LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE community profile
		The Lower Brule Sioux Reservation is served by Highway 47 to the Big Bend Dam, BIA 10, a connecting road from Lower Brule, South Dakota south 16 miles to Interstate 90, and a county road through Kennebec, South Dakota to I-90.
		The Lower Brule Sioux Reservation is located in the central portion of South Dakota, 15 miles southeast of Pierre, SD and 16 miles north of Reliance, SD on Interstate 90.
		The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was further defined and the boundaries expanded by the Act of March 2, 1889 which identified all the reservations in present day North and South Dakota.
	www.mnisose.org /profiles/lwrbrule.htm

	sioux
		The Sioux attempted to wear the defenders out by setting constant fire to the fort and then launching an attack on the southwest side of the fort, but were unsuccessful again.
		Sioux hairstyles varied from tribe to tribe, with some traditionally wearing two braids of hair, and some having 4 braids of hair.
		The Sioux were the dominant tribe in Minnesota in the 17th century.
	www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/a1041/mnansx1800/sioux.htm

	EPA: Federal Register: Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities; Upper Sioux Community's and Lower Sioux Community's Authorization Application
		Lower Sioux Community The Lower Sioux Indian Community has adopted by Resolution Number 20-98, dated March 27, 1998, the ordinance entitled ``Lower Sioux Lead Program'' in order to provide clear and specific guidance in the assessment, inspection, pre-renovation notification, and abatement of lead-based paint activities on the Lower Sioux Reservation.
		The Lower Sioux Lead Program and request for Federal delegation of authority is a natural application of Tribal sovereign power over environmental regulatory activities on Tribal lands for the health, welfare, and safety of Tribal community members.
		Copies of this notice, the Lower Sioux Indian Community's and Upper Sioux Community's authorization application, and all comments received on each application are available for inspection in the Region V office, from 8:30 a.m.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/1998/October/Day-02/t26455.htm

	CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE
		The Tribal Council of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation through appropriate amendment of this Constitution may exercise such further powers as may in the future be delegated to the Tribal Council by the Secretary of the Interior or by any other duly authorized official or agency of the government.
		All enrolled members of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe twenty-one (21) years of age or over shall be eligible to vote but no one may vote for a district Councilman unless he has maintained a legal residence within the reservation for a period of one year immediately prior to an election.
		The jurisdiction of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of Indians shall extend to the territory within the original boundaries of the Lower Brule Reservation as established by the Act of March 2, 1889, and to all other lands added thereto under any law of the United States.
	thorpe.ou.edu /constitution/lowbrule.html

	FEMA: Region VIII - Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
		The Lower Brule Sioux are descendants of the Teton band of Sioux (Lakota), who moved into the Dakotas in pursuit of buffalo from just west of the Great Lakes.
		Flooding: The flooding of the spring of 1997 merited a disaster declaration for the Lower Brule tribal lands.
		The main town on the reservation is Lower Brule, which is approximately 75 miles southeast of the state capital, Pierre.
	www.fema.gov /regions/viii/tribal/lowerbrulebg.shtm

	INVESTMENT OF FEDERAL TRUST FUNDS FOR CHEYENNE RIVER AND LOWER BRULE SIOUX
		To the extent that the Secretary has a fiduciary obligation to the Sioux tribes by virtue of the trust fund mechanism, this duty is defined by, and thus requires compliance with, the investment criteria set forth explicitly in the Act.
		Under the Act, the Secretary is required to transfer $5,000,000 from the general fund of the Treasury to the Sioux Trusts "for the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted and each fiscal year thereafter" until the aggregate amount in the Trusts is equal to at least $57,400,000.
		Lower courts have applied and elaborated upon the distinction between "bare" trusts and trusts giving rise to full fiduciary responsibilities.
	www.usdoj.gov /olc/siouxtrustop.htm

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sioux Indians
		the (Lower) Yanktonai at Crow Creek, S.D., and the Santee at Santee, northeastern Nebraska.
		A year before rumours had come to the Sioux of a new Indian Messiah arisen beyond the mountains to restore the old-time Indian life, together with their departed friends, in a new earth from which the whites should be excluded.
		The Sioux language is euphonious, sonorous, and flexible, and possesses a more abundant native literature than that of any other tribe within the United States, with the possible exception of the Cherokee.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14017a.htm

	John Marsh
		One incident depicted was the attempted relief of the Lower Sioux Agency by Captain John S. Marsh, commander of Company B 5th Minnesota Infantry.
		In the article "Sioux Terror on the Prairie" by John B. Kachuba, accounts of many of the atrocities and military actions taking place during the Sioux Uprising were presented.
		At the ferry by the agency, a boat was found tied to shore as if it had been prepared for them.
	www.secondwi.com /wisconsinpeople/johnmars.htm

	minnsiouxcons
		(a) The bona fide Indian residents of the Lower Sioux Reservation whose names appear on, or are entitled to appear on the official census roll of the Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians as of April 1, 1934, with the official supplement thereto of January 1, 1935.
		The governing body of the Community organization shall be called "The Community Council of the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation", and shall be composed of five members who shall be duly elected by secret ballot by the qualified voters of the Community.
		Community funds may be used, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, to acquire land for the Lower Sioux Indian Community.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/minnsiouxcons.html

	Historic sites in line for funding
		The Lower Sioux Agency, because it's been shuttered for two years and the paid staffer is long gone, might not be immediately impacted by the restoration of state funds, he said.
		Both the Lower Sioux Agency and Fort Ridgely were key sites in the conflict between Dakota Indians and white settlers and military personnel in August of 1862.
		Historic sites at Fort Ridgely State Park near Fairfax and the Lower Sioux Agency near Morton will see their state funding restored and will be open next year under legislation advancing in the state House and Senate.
	www.mankato-freepress.com /news/story.php?storyid=115348

	Mdewakanton Indian Chiefs and Leaders
		Although Wamditanka took part with the Sioux in the uprising of 1862, he claims that he did not participate in the massacres of the settlers, but even used his influence, in some instances, to save from death both whites and converted mixed-bloods.
		When the outbreak of the Sioux began in 1802 Joseph, like the other Christian Indians, befriended the whites, and in the following spring he was engaged as a Government scout, a position he held for several year, returning finally to Lac-qui-Parle where he died in July 1870.
		The name of a succession of chiefs of the Mdewakanton Sioux, residing on Minnesota river not far from the present town of Shakopee, Scott coounty, Minn. Three men of the name are mentioned in succession.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/siouan/mdewakantonchiefs.htm

	Syllabus
		Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site - view video of the agency's history and its significance as the starting point of the 1862 fighting.
		The conflict, a terrible climax of two centuries of interaction between the Dakota and Euroamericans, eliminated the Dakota's last foothold in the state &endash; the small strip of land along the Minnesota River between the Lower Sioux Agency (near present day Morton) and Upper Sioux Agency (near today's Granite Falls).
		Visits will be made at Traverse des Sioux, New Ulm, Milford, Fort Ridgely Historic Site, Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site and Birch Coulee battlefield for more detailed study.
	www.hamline.edu /personal/fjohnson/mncivil/syllabus.htm

	Jefferson Parish Library: Civil Ward Time Line
		On the 22nd, 800 Sioux attacked the fort again, but the garrison and the civilians held the fort.
		Before reaching the agency, a large Native American force surprised the soldiers, killed half of them, including Marsh, and pursued the surviviors back to the fort.
		August 20-22, in the Battle of Fort Ridgely, the Santee Sioux of Minnesota under Chief Little Crow, angeredby the failure of the Union government to provide annuities and by the poor quality of rations, went on the offensive.
	www.jefferson.lib.la.us /Reference/civil_war_pages/siouxuprising.htm

	Upper Sioux Agency State Park (DNR Parks)
		Lower Campground: Elements within this campground provide good levels of accessibility; however, we have listed elements below that do not meet ADA recommended guidelines and may be difficult for some people to use.
		Lower Campground - Vault: The restrooms provided at this location are Vault type facilities.
		The parking areas at Upper Sioux contain no designated accessible parking stalls.
	www.wildernessinquiry.org /mnparks/parks/uppersioux135.html

	Minnesota Indian TREATIES, 1805-1899
		The drawing of the Traverse des Sioux treaty encampment is by an unknown artist who was present and was cropped and enhanced from a Facts on File collection of historical images, made available on web by Prof.
		The main Dakota cession was the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, 1851, which in effect ceded almost all Dakota territory except for a strip on the Minnesota River.
		1837 with Sioux, ceded all land west of Mississippi.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/mn/treaties.html

	Minnesota Genealogy: Life Style Research
		Complainant enlisted in the Renville Rangers under charge of Major Galbraith and on departing from the Lower Agency on the 17th Aug '62, left some of his wearing apparel and other property in his room in the Government carpenter shop, putting the key and room in charge of Mr.
		Druger, Frederick; Upper Sioux Agency; with Supien Le Clair, Joseph Pero and Oren Sylvester
		Witness states in reply to detailed enquiry by the Commissioners that these articles and their value are fairly and justly scheduled in his bill of particulars...
	www.parkbooks.com /Html/res_depd.html

	Sisseton Dating
		Sioux, was raised on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Indian Reservation in eastern South...
		Dakota Sioux, JoAnne Bird was raised on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Indian Reservation in eastern South Dakota...
		A member of the Dakota Sioux, JoAnne Bird was raised on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Indian Reservation in eastern South Dakota.
	www.adatingagency.co.uk /personals2/datingindex8598.html

	Native Americans in Minnesota
		Lower Sioux Agency -- site of the remains of the Lower Sioux agency, part of the reservation grounds of the Dakota Sioux from 1852 to 1862.
		The agency was the site of the first organized Dakota attack in the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
		The site has the remains of the buildings, some of which were destroyed in the 1862 attack.
	www.mnstate.edu /archives/MinnesotaHistory/linksnativeamericans.htm

	Untitled Article
		She lives on the Lower Sioux Agency in Morton.
		He said the conflict wasn't simply "Indian versus white" but rather one that engulfed settlers, traders, government employees, Christian Dakota farmers, Dakota who were half white and the Dakota who led the uprising.
		But to the ancestors of the 38 Dakota who were later hanged in Mankato, it is a place to come to let those old spirits go on.
	www.oweb.com /newulm/journal/stories/n090102.html

	The Sad Story of Some Dakota Elders
		Vernice was born and raised in the Lower Sioux Indian Community near Morton MN.
		The Lower Sioux Community Council and the Enrollment Committee have instituted a police state, with the help of the tribal attorneys.
		Since Lower Sioux changed the residency requirement from two to five years, Forrest had to complete five years before he could become a “qualified” member.
	www.maquah.net /press/Dakota_Elders.html

	They're history now
		With about 6,500 annual visitors at the Lower Sioux Agency and 11,000 at Fort Ridgely, the sites are among the least visited in the state.
		The warehouse, built in 1861, is the only original building still standing at the Lower Sioux Agency near Morton.
		Because state agencies are funded for a two-year period, donations would have to be raised to keep the historic sites staffed next summer as well.
	www.mankato-freepress.com /news/story.php?storyid=50063

	Minnesota Historic Sites: Lower Sioux Agency exhibit
		Lower Sioux Agency is located on Redwood County Hwy.
		As of June 30, 2004, the Lower Sioux Agency has restricted access due to budget reductions.
		The agency, headquarters for the government's program to "civilize" the Dakota people by turning them into Christianized farmers, was the first place the Dakota attacked when they struck out against the settlers who had moved onto their homeland.
	www.mnhs.org /places/sites/lsa/lsaexhibit.html

	Dakota Commemmorative March
		Governor Alexander Ramsey had declared on September 9, 1862 that "The Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state." The treatment of Dakota people, including the hanging in Mankato and the forced removal of Dakota people from Minnesota, were the first phases of Ramsey's plan.
		Leo was also the person who conceived of the idea for a commemorative event to honor the group of primarily women and children who made the march in 1862.
		For the Dakota this commemoration signifies an opportunity to remember and grieve for the suffering endured by their ancestors as well as to relate a perspective of the event which has rarely been told.
	www.dakota-march.50megs.com /onered.html

	prescott
		In 1862 he was an interpreter at the Lower Sioux Agency, on the Minnesota River, when he heard of the Dakota raids.
		By 1831 he was back into the fur trade, wintering on the Big Sioux branch of the Missouri River in that year and back at Traverse des Sioux in competition with old trader Louis Provencalle (Lablanc) in 1833.
		He traded out of Traverse des Sioux, Land's End, Leaf Lake and Leech Lake Posts but in 1827 he left the Upper Mississippi for St.Louis, Louisiana and Texas.
	www.usinternet.com /users/dfnels/prescott.htm

	Lower Sioux Treaty Council hosts conference on Mdewakanton and other Dakota treaties
		Wolfchild told a story of his great-father and his friends who had their feet and hands bound before they rode from the Lower Sioux Agency through New Ulm to what he called a “concentration camp” at Fort Snelling after the 1982 conflict.
		In return, the Sioux were to receive $2,000 or the value of goods and merchandise that included $200 and 82 gallons of whiskey, according to Wolfchild.
		The Treaty with the Sioux of 1805 allowed the U.S. to establish military posts on 9 square miles of land at the mouth of the St.
	www.maquah.net /press/TreatyCouncil.htm

	The Lower Sioux Indian Agency Warehouse
		On August 18, 1862 the Lower Sioux Agency was attacked by the Sioux Indians.
		The ferry is located at top of this map of the Lower Sioux Agency.
		After the attack of the Lower Agency they went on to the ferry bridge on the Minnesota River.
	www.rrcnet.org /~historic/whouse.htm

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