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The Santee Sioux Reservation (Dakota: Isáŋyathi) of the Santee Sioux (also known as the Eastern Dakota) was established in 1863 in present-day Nebraska. The tribal seat of government is located in Niobrara, Nebraska, with reservation lands in Knox County.
Santee Sioux Nation Headquarters/Museum. 108 Spirit Lake Ave. W. Niobrara, NE 68760 . Phone:(402)857-2772 Fax:(402)857-2779
The Santee were the "frontier guardians of the Sioux Nation," that ranged from the Santee's home in what is currently Minnesota, across the Plains and to the northern Rocky Mountains in Montana and south through the northwestern part of Nebraska.
August 1869 - Santee Reservation Land is established. October 1869 - Santee agent Samuel M. Janney establishes the first police force of 1 member from each of the 6 bands with the pay of $5 a month. June 1870 - Tornado wipes out church and school building.
Their reservation is the Flandreau Indian Reservation. The tribe are members of the Mdewakantonwan people, one of the sub-tribes of the Isanti (Santee) Dakota originally from central Minnesota. In 1934, the Tribe was recognized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.
Recognizing the unfeasibility of making Crow Creek a permanent reservation site, a reserve in northeastern Nebraska along the Missouri River was finally chosen, and the Santee again moved to a new home in what is presently Knox County.
The approximately 175-square mile reservation is bordered by Lewis and Clark Lake and the Missouri River to the north, and boundary lines to the east, west, and south. About ten percent of reservation land is Tribally-owned or allotted to individual Indians.
Modern day Santee has grown as a community with a state of the art health clinic, a new casino, new fire hall, new swimming pool, youth centers, and a new building for The Nebraska Indian Community College Santee campus.
The tribe adopted a constitution and bylaws in 1936 and operated under the constitution with an elected tribal council. The reservation was organized into four districts (Santee, Hobu Creek, Bazile Creek and Howe Creek) each had three members. Members were elected for three years in staggered terms.
The Santee Reservation is a compact, rectangular, tract of land twelve miles from East to West and averaging about fifteen miles from North to South. During 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie provided for allotment of land to those desiring to farm.