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  Lower Sioux Indian Reservation - Biocrawler
The Lower Sioux Indian Reservation is located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Redwood County, Minnesota.
The land initially became part of a reservation in 1851, but has now shrunk to a very small size.
The community operates the Jackpot Junction casino-hotel, which began in 1984 as a bingo facility.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lower_Sioux_Indian_Reservation   (101 words)

  
 Constitution of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota
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.
Unassigned land shall be managed by the Community Council for the benefit of the members of the entire Community, in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior under section 6 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat.
Community funds may be used, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, to acquire land for the Lower Sioux Indian Community.
www.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/lsconstitution/lsconst.htm   (4233 words)

  
  2000.12.21 DAB1758 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule received a 12-month no-cost extension which extended the project period to September 29, 1997, but this was subsequently amended to May 31, 1997 due to a lack of funds.
The lease itself states that the lease is between the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Sacred Hills Healing Center, with the former as the lessor.
Lower Brule contended that it had consulted on the lease issue with a CSAT program officer, who had stated that the proposed leasing arrangement was allowable and allocable to the grant.
www.os.dhhs.gov /dab/decisions/dab1758.html   (2441 words)

  
 American Indians, Sioux Tribe
Indian hunting by agents' permission in the disputed territory were ordered to report at their agencies by 31 January, 1876, or be considered hostile, but even the runners who carried the message were unable to return, by reason of the severity of the winter, until after war had been actually declared.
Indian dress and adornment are nearly obsolete, together with the tipi and aboriginal ceremonial, and the great majority are clothed in citizen's dress, living in comfortable small houses with modern furniture, and engaged in farming and stock raising.
The Sioux were not a compact nation with centralized government and supreme head chief, but were a confederacy of seven allied sub-tribes speaking a common language, each with a recognized head chief and each subdivided into bands or villages governed by subordinate chiefs.
www.americanindians.com /Sioux.htm   (7038 words)

  
 LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE community profile
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.
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 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.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/lwrbrule.htm   (2984 words)

  
 minnsiouxcons
Membership in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota shall consist of the following.
(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.
(b) The bona fide Indian residents of the Lower Sioux Reservation whose names appear on various other Sioux Indian rolls, provided that such persons transfer their enrollment to the Minnesota Sioux rolls, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/minnsiouxcons.html   (3461 words)

  
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No express waiver of sovereign immunity by resolution of the Lower Sioux Community Council shall be deemed a consent to the levy of any judgment, lien or attachment upon property of the Tribe or any agency, subdivision or governmental or commercial entity of the Tribe other than property specifically pledged or assigned therein.
The Clerk of the Tribal Court may be appointed by the Lower Sioux Community Council or designated pursuant to a contract establishing Judges for the Lower Sioux Community in Minnesota Tribal Court.
The Lower Sioux Community Council shall prescribe the salaries of the Judges, Clerk of Court and any assistants which shall be paid by the Tribe.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/lower_sioux_judicialcode1.htm   (4521 words)

  
 Lower Sioux Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lower Sioux Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Redwood County, Minnesota, just south of the city of Morton.
The land initially became part of a reservation after the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, but has now shrunk to a very small size.
As of the 2000 census, the site had a population of 335, and a land area of 7.006 km² (2.705 sq mi).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lower_Sioux_Indian_Reservation   (229 words)

  
 U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related to American Indians and Alaska Natives Fiscal Year 1997
In order for individual Indian tribes to be able to assess the potential for developing their water resources, they must have an idea of the quantity, quality, and availability of water on their lands.
The purpose of this study is to assess the vulnerability of the ground water in the Tokio and Warwick aquifers in the Fort Totten Division of the Spirit Lake Reservation to surface contamination.
Surface water of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, ranging from pristine mountain streams and glacial lakes to prairie wetlands, are a natural resource of cultural and economic importance to the Blackfeet.
www.usgs.gov /indian/resource.html   (4782 words)

  
 Committee on Indian Affairs
H.R.2484 (Minge) To provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without further approval by the United States.
S.1588 (Campbell) A bill to authorize the awarding of grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and to facilitate the recruitment of temporary employees to improve Native American participation in and assist in the conduct of the 2000 decennial census of population, and for other purposes.
S.1839 (Wellstone) A bill to provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Community may be leased or transferred by the Community without further approval by the United States.
indian.senate.gov /106_LEG.HTM   (14442 words)

  
 OUR CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I — TERRITORY The jurisdiction of the Cheyenne River Reservation Sioux Tribe of Indians shall extend to the territory within the original confines of the diminished reservation boundaries, which are described by the act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat.
Provided: That the Cheyenne River Tribal Council shall have the power both to redistrict the reservation and its precincts and to reassign the number of councilmen to be elected from each district in proportion to the number of qualified voters residing therein, or on a population basis.
SECTION 4 Reserved powers — the foregoing enumeration of powers shall not be construed to limit the powers of the tribal council, but all powers of local government not expressly entrusted to the council by this constitution and by-laws shall be reserved to the legal voters of the Cheyenne River Tribe.
www.sioux.org /our_const_by_laws.html   (4842 words)

  
 sioux nation indian social studies
Camping with the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
The Spirit Lake Nation reservation was established by Treaty between the United States Government and the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Bands in 1867.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe encompasses the bands of Hunkpapa and Black Feet of the Lakota Nation, and Hunkpatinas and Cuthead bands of the Yanktonias of the Dakota Nation.
www.archaeolink.com /native_americans_sioux_nation.htm   (1966 words)

  
 Native American tribes - Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs reaffirmed the formal recognition of the King Salmon Tribe, the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak, and the Lower Lake Rancheria, on December 29, 2000.
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska
www.artnatam.com /tribes.html   (2607 words)

  
 Excite UK - Regional - North America - United States - Minnesota - Localities - L - Lower Sioux Indian Reservation
Operated by the Lower Sioux Indian Community, part of the Mdewakanton band of Dakota.
Laws of the Tribal Court, established by the Lower Sioux Community Council.
Shows where the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation is in relation to Redwood Falls and surrounding communities.
www.excite.co.uk /directory/Regional/North_America/United_States/Minnesota/Localities/L/Lower_Sioux_Indian_Reservation   (280 words)

  
 Lakota Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Sioux Nation is essentially comprise of three divisions, the Santee or Eastern Sioux (Dakota) with four groups, the Wiciyela, the Middle Sioux (Nakota or Yankton) with two groups, and the Teton (Lakotas).
The Crow Creek Reservation is one of the three parcels of land retained after the Treaty of Fort Laramie all Sioux lands of east of the Missouri River to the United States.
The Sioux were in horror at the thought of placing there dead in the ground, in fear of that their souls would not escape.
members.aol.com /bbbenge/page6.html   (2206 words)

  
 ACT of 1877
And the said Indians do further agree in all things to submit themselves to such beneficent plans as the Government may provide for them in the selection of a country suitable for a permanent home, where they may live like white men.
The Indians, parties to this agreement, do hereby solemnly pledge themselves, individually and collectively, to observe each and all of the stipulations herein contained, to select allotment of land as soon as possible after their removal to their permanent home, and to use their best efforts to learn to cultivate the same.
It is understood that the term reservation herein contained shall be held to apply to any country which shall be selected under the authority of the United States as the future home of said Indians.
www.sioux.org /act_of_1877.html   (434 words)

  
 Minnesota Historic Sites: Lower Sioux Agency exhibit
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.
Other exhibits will trace the changes brought about by the fur trade, explain treaties by which the Dakota were pressured into selling their land, and describe life on the reservation where the government was trying to turn the Dakota into European-style farmers.
Lower Sioux Agency is located on Redwood County Hwy.
www.mnhs.org /places/sites/lsa/lsaexhibit.html   (686 words)

  
 Agreement with Sioux Indians and... 1889,
And said Santee Sioux shall be entitled to all other benefits under this act in the same manner and with the same conditions as if they were residents upon said Sioux Reservation, receiving rations at one of the agencies herein named:
shall be selected by the Indians, heads of families selecting for their minor children, and the agents shall select for each orphan child, and in such manner as to embrace the improvements of the Indians making the selection.
such allotments are hereby ratified and made valid, and such Indian is entitled to a patent therefor in conformity with the provisions of said treaty and existing law and of the provisions of this act in relation to patents for individual allotments.
www.usd.edu /iais/siouxnation/1889act.html   (1508 words)

  
 South Dakota Office of Tribal Government Relations -- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Reservation: Lower Brule Reservation; Lyman and Stanley Counties
The Lower Brule Farm Corp. is the nation's number-one popcorn producer.
Iron Nation signed the treaty to establish the Great Sioux Reservation in 1868.
www.state.sd.us /oia/lowbrule.asp   (316 words)

  
 Constitution of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota
Every two years, after the election of new councilmen, the members of the Community Council shall meet and shall elect from their membership by secret ballot a President, a, Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Assistant Treasurer, who shall hold office for a term of 2 years or until their successors are elected.
Any person who is a member of the Community, but has removed therefrom for a period of two (2) years, shall automatically forfeit all rights and privileges to the benefits of said community such as land assignments and sharing in community profits.
This amendment was duly adopted by a majority of the qualified voters who cast ballots in the November 17, 1998 election.
doc.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/lsconstitution/lsconst.htm   (4233 words)

  
 Agreement with Sioux Indians and... 1877, Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota, 1999
The said parties hereby agree that the northern and western boundaries of the reservation defined by article 2 of the treaty between the United States and different tribes of Sioux Indians, concluded April 29, 1868, and proclaimed February 24, 1869, shall be as follows:
Rations shall, in all cases, be issued to the head of each separate family; and whenever schools shall have been provided by the Government for said Indians, no rations shall be issued for children between the ages of six and fourteen years (the sick and infirm excepted) unless such children shall regularly attend school.
To improve the morals and industrious habits of said Indians, it is agreed that the agent, trader, farmer, carpenter, flsmith, and other artisans employed or permitted to reside within the reservation belonging to the Indians, parties to this agreement, shall be lawfully married and living with their respective families on the reservation;
www.usd.edu /iais/siouxnation/1877act.html   (1113 words)

  
 Constitution and by-laws of the Lower Sioux Indian community in Minnesota : a machine readable transcription.
Constitution and by-laws of the Lower Sioux Indian community in Minnesota : a machine readable transcription.
) 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 attached Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux residing on the Lower Sioux Reservation under the Pipestone jurisdiction in the State of Minnesota.
memory.loc.gov /ll/llnc/310/llnc310.sgm   (3722 words)

  
 Tribal Government Sources: Nations by Tribes: I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation (Arizona)
Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota)
www.evergreen.edu /library/govdocs/tribalgov/tribes/i.html   (278 words)

  
 Native American Rights Fund, National Indian Law Library, Tribal Law Gateway / Portal, Online Collection of Tribal ...
Constitution and Bylaws of the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation
Constitution and Bylaws of the Nisqually Tribe of the Nisqually Indian Reservation
Constitution and By-Laws of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
www.narf.org /nill/triballaw/onlinedocs.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Brule Official Web Site: Our Journey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Paul, adopted at birth off the Lower Brule Sioux Indian Reservation, discovered his Lakota heritage in 1993 after the death of both adoptive parents.
Paul, Nicole, and Shane are enrolled members of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of SD.
Moses is member of Oglala Sioux Nation from Pine Ridge, SD, and now lives in Omaha, NE.
www.brulerecords.com /journey.cfm   (357 words)

  
 FDI - Sioux
The Sioux were a language group and culture.
Prehistorically, they were apparently a component of the Indian Knoll Culture of the south, removing from that area about 1000 B.C. They became sedentary hunter/farmers along the Mississippi in southern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
The Sioux were, for the most part, bellicose and had many enemies, particularly on the plains where they lived in a constant state of war.
www.fourdir.com /sioux.htm   (499 words)

  
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www.vinden.nl /g/?cat=/Regional/North_America/United_States/Minnesota/Localities/L/Lower_Sioux_Indian_Reservation/&ctt=Lower%20Sioux%20Indian%20Reservation   (198 words)

  
 American Indian Communities in Minnesota - LOWER SIOUX COMMUNITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The original reservation was established by treaty in 1888.
It is the largest Sioux community in Minnesota.
Those not living on the reservation may vote by absentee ballot.
www.senate.leg.state.mn.us /departments/scr/report/bands/lowersioux.HTM   (101 words)

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