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Sioux Nation of Indians, in which the court ruled that tribal lands covered under the treaty had been taken illegally by the US government, and the tribe was owed compensation plus interest. As of 2018, this amounted to more than $1 billion.
The Great Sioux Reservation was an Indian reservation created by the United States through treaty with the Sioux, principally the Lakota, who dominated the territory before its establishment. [1] In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 , the reservation included lands west of the Missouri River in South Dakota and Nebraska , including all of present ...
Traditional location of Sioux tribes prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange). The Santee Sioux Reservation (Dakota: Isáŋyathi) of the Santee Sioux (also known as the Eastern Dakota) was established in 1863 in present-day Nebraska.
Sioux Nation of Indians to award US$122 million to eight bands of Sioux Indians as compensation for their Black Hills land claims. The Sioux have refused the money, because accepting the settlement would legally terminate their demands for return of the Black Hills. The money remains in a Bureau of Indian Affairs account, accruing compound ...
Enterprises owned by the Oglala Sioux tribe include the Prairie Wind Casino, a Parks and Recreation Department, guided hunting, and cattle ranching and farming. [126] The Oglala Sioux Tribe also operates the White River Visitor Center near the Badlands National Park. [127] It has one radio station, KILI-FM in Porcupine.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota controls the Standing Rock Reservation (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ), which across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic "Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa bands of the Dakota Oyate," [4] as well as the Hunkpatina Dakota (Lower Yanktonai). [5]
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe applied for direct funding, but as of April, hadn’t moved forward with implementation of the program, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The CRIR is the home of the federally recognized Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) or Cheyenne River Lakota Nation (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté Lakȟóta Oyáte). The members include representatives from four of the traditional seven bands of the Lakota, also known as Teton Sioux: the Minnecoujou, Two Kettle (Oohenunpa), Sans Arc (Itazipco) and ...