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The Santee Sioux Reservation () of the
Santee Sioux The Dakota (pronounced , or ) are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people, and are typically divided into the Eastern Dakota and the Wester ...
(also known as the Eastern Dakota) was established in 1863 in present-day Nebraska. The tribal seat of government is located in
Niobrara, Nebraska Niobrara (; Omaha: ''Ní Ubthátha'' ''Tʰáⁿwaⁿgthaⁿ'' , meaning "water spread-out village")Dorsey, James Owen (1890)''The Cegiha Language: Contributions to North American Ethnology'' 4. Washington: US Department of the Interior: Governme ...
, with reservation lands in Knox County.


History

Established by an Act of the
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on March 3, 1863, the Niobrara Reservation was officially recognized in an
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dated February 27, 1866, and in treaties dated November 16, 1867 and April 29, 1868. Additional executive orders applying to the reservation were dated August 31, 1869, December 31, 1873, and February 9, 1885. In those initial years, tribal members selected as homesteads and as allotments; were designated for use as an
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,
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, and
mission Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * ...
. The reservation (shown as Dakota Reservation on the map at right) lies along the south bank of the
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, and includes part of
Lewis and Clark Lake Lewis and Clark Lake is a 31,400 acre (130 km2) reservoir located on the border of the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota on the Missouri River. The lake is approximately in length with over of shoreline and a maximum water depth of . ...
. As of the 2000 census, the reservation recorded a resident population of 878, of which 64.1% were Native American and 33.7%
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. Its land area is 172.99 mi.² (447.84 km2). The major center of population is the village of Santee, in the northernmost portion of the reservation. Other major populations of
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and
Brulé Sioux The Sicangu are one of the seven ''oyates'', nations or council fires, of Lakota people, an Indigenous people of the Northern Plains. Today, many Sicangu people are enrolled citizens of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation ...
are located to the north on reservations within South Dakota.


Government

Chief Wabasha was the first and last head chief of the Santee Sioux until his death in 1876. The first tribal council election was held on January 22, 1878, following a unanimous vote to end the old chief system.


Communities

* Lindy * Santee


See also

*
Native American tribes in Nebraska Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Nebraska have been Plains Indians, descendants of succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples who have occupied the area for thousands of years. More than 15 historic tribes have been identified as havin ...
*
Sioux The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin ( ; Dakota/ Lakota: ) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translati ...
*
Wabasha III Wabasha III (''Wapahaśa)'' (c. 1816–1876) was a prominent Dakota Sioux chief, also known as Joseph Wabasha. He succeeded his father as head chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota in 1836. Following the Dakota War of 1862 and the forced removal of ...
, head chief of Santee Sioux *
John Trudell John Trudell (February 15, 1946December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as ''Rad ...
, activist, poet, actor, and musician whose father was Santee Dakota and who grew up near the Santee Sioux Reservation


References


External links


Official reservation homepage

Reservation tract map
from the US Census.
Santee Normal Training School, Woonspe Wankantu, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885
from the
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. American Indian reservations in Nebraska Knox County 1863 establishments in Nebraska Territory States and territories established in 1863 Santee Dakota {{NorthAm-native-stub