The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation ( dak, Tataƞka Najiƞ Dakóta Oyáte) is a

Dakota Dakota may refer to: * Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to: Places United States * Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, ...

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band government in southern

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

, Canada. The band controls a reserve at

Standing Buffalo 78 Standing Buffalo 78 is an Indian reserve of the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Saskatchewan. It is 8 kilometres north-west of Fort Qu'Appelle. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 569 living in 184 of its 198 total priva ...

History

The band is named after Chief Standing Buffalo (Tatankanaje / Tataƞka Najiƞ), who succeeded his father as hereditary chief in 1871. His people were given permission to farm north of the Qu'Appelle Lakes, and their reserve was created in 1881. Despite only being allotted 80 acres per family, rather than the typical 640, the band became prosperous. By 1901, all households were considered self-sufficient. In 1907, the community's agricultural prosperity was wiped out by the revocation of government-owned hay land. The band's demands for an increase in acreage were not heard until 1956.

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