Great Sioux Reservation

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The Great Sioux Reservation was a vast area of land in the northern Great Plains set aside in the 19th century for the Lakota Sioux and related tribes, encompassing much of present-day South Dakota and surrounding regions before being repeatedly reduced by the U.S. government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Indian reservation
historic region
containsHistoricRegion Black Hills
containsRiver Bad River
Cheyenne River
Missouri River
White River
country United States
createdByTreaty Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
dissolvedInPractice by early 20th century
ethnicGroup Blackfeet Lakota
Brulé Lakota
linked to: Teton Sioux

Dakota Sioux
linked to: Santee Sioux

Hunkpapa Lakota
Lakota Sioux
linked to: Sioux people

Miniconjou Lakota
Nakota Sioux
Oglala Lakota
Sans Arc Lakota
Two Kettles Lakota
Yanktonai Dakota
linked to: Dakota
legalDispute United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
legalSuccessor Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Lower Brule Indian Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Yankton Sioux Reservation
locatedIn Dakota Territory
Northern Great Plains
linked to: Great Plains
locatedInPresentDay Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
notableChange Black Hills confiscated without consent in 1877
notableFeature reserved exclusive use and occupation to the Sioux
originalAreaApprox over 60 million acres
reducedBy U.S. Congress
U.S. federal government land acts
significantEvent Agreement of 1877
Allotment under the Dawes Act
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Black Hills Gold Rush
Great Sioux War of 1876
Wounded Knee Massacre
startTime 1868
timePeriod late 19th century

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Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 established Great Sioux Reservation
Rosebud Indian Reservation partOf Great Sioux Reservation
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation partOf Great Sioux Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation partOf Great Sioux Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation partOf Lakota homelands
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Black Hills Gold Rush onTerritoryOf Great Sioux Reservation
Grand River area partOf Lakota homelands
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Tȟašúŋke Witkó birthPlace Oglala Lakota territory
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Black Shawl placeOfResidence Oglala Lakota territory
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Rattle Blanket Woman residence Oglala Lakota territory
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Kenel locatedInEthnographicRegion Lakota territory
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation
Custer Expedition of 1874 historicalContext Great Sioux Reservation era
linked to: Great Sioux Reservation