Sioux Nation

Ancestral homeland: upper Mississippi River area to include Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska

Brief Timeline

 * 1600's Jesuit explorers
 * 1700's: Sioux were migrating westward to Missouri River and beyond.Pushed by the Chippewa and encroching settlers
 * 1851: Treaty at Fort Laramie
 * 1854-55: Grattan Affair
 * 1862-64: Minnesota Uprising or Little Crow's War
 * 1866-68: Bozeman Trail or Red Cloud's War
 * 1876-77: War for the Black Hills or Sitting Bull's and Crazy Horse's War
 * 1890: Wounded Knee
 * 1850-1890: Sioux Wars

Bands and Groups of the Sioux Tribe and Their Reservations/Localities
The term or designation of Sioux Indians is a very broad categorization of several bands and/or federally recognized tribes within the group so named. For the most part, they have historically lived in the Northern Plains area, and have ranged from the Canadian border and even into Canada on the north to Oklahoma on the south, and from Wyoming and Montana on the west to the Mississippi River and beyond on the east. Some of the tribes, bands, or groups of Sioux, with their colonies or reservations,include:


 * Cheyenne River Sioux -- Cheyenne River Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Crow Creek Sioux -- Crow Creek Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Flandreau Santee Sioux -- (Montana)
 * Fort Peck Sioux -- Fort Peck Reservation (Montana)
 * Hunkpapa Sioux -- majority on the Standing Rock Reservation
 * Lower Brule Sioux -- Lower Brule Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Lower (Mdewakanton) Sioux Indian Community -- Lower Sioux Indian Community (Minnesota)
 * Miniconjou Sioux --
 * Oglala Sioux -- Pine Ridge Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Prairie Island (Mdewakanton Sioux) Indian Community -- Prairie Island Reservation (Minnesota)
 * Rosebud Sioux -- Rosebud Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Sans Arc Sioux --
 * Santee Sioux -- Santee Reservation (Nebraska)
 * Shakopee (Mdewakanton Sioux) Community -- (Minnesota)
 * Sihasapa Sioux --
 * Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux -- Lake Traverse Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Standing Rock Sioux -- Standing Rock Reservation (North and South Dakota)
 * Wahpekute Sioux --
 * Upper Sioux -- Upper Sioux Reservation (Minnesota)
 * Yankton Sioux -- Yankton Sioux Reservation (South Dakota)
 * Yanktonai Sioux --

Treaties

 * 1805 September 23, unratified
 * 1815 June 19, with the Sioux of The Lakes
 * 1815 July 19, with the Sioux of St. Peter's River
 * 1815 July 19, with the Yakton Sioux
 * 1816 June 1, at St. Louis
 * 1825, with the Huknpapa Band of Sioux
 * 1825 June 22, at Fort Look out, with the Teton, Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of Sioux.
 * 1830 July 15, at Prairie du Chien
 * 1836 September 10, land ceded to the United States
 * 1836 October 15, at Bellevue
 * 1836 November 30, at St. Peters, with Wahpaakootah, Susseton, and Upper Medawakanton tribes of Sioux
 * 1837 September 29, at Washington,
 * 1837 October 21, at Washington
 * 1851 July 23,
 * 1851 August 5, at Mendota
 * 1851 September 17, at Fort Laramie
 * 1858 June 19, with Mendawakanton and Wahpahoota bands of Sioux
 * 1858 June 19, Sisseeton and Wahpaton Bands of the Dakota or Sioux
 * 1858 April 19, with the Yankton Sioux
 * 1865 October 10, at Fort Sully
 * 1865 October 14, at Fort Sully
 * 1865 October 19, at Fort Sully
 * 1865 October 20, at Fort Sully
 * 1865 October 20, with the Hunkpapa Band
 * 1865 October 20, at Fort Sully
 * 1865 October 28,
 * 1865 October 28, at Fort Sully
 * 1867 February 19,
 * 1868 April 29, at Fort Lariamie
 * 1872 September 20, Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands - unratified
 * 1873 May 2, Lac Traverse Agency, Dakota Territory
 * 1882-83 October 17 1882-January 3, 1883 - unratified

Vital Records

 * Fort Totten Agency, M595, births and deaths 1935-36 and 1938 some marriages, FHL Film: 576853
 * Fort Peck Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 576847 and births and deaths 1935-1939, FHL Film: 576849
 * Rosebud Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL Film: 581435 and births and deaths 1929-1936, FHL Film: 581439
 * Cheyenne River Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1932, FHL Film: 574198 and births and deaths 1933-1942, FHL Film: 574199
 * Crow Creek Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1932, FHL Film: 575776 and births and deaths and some marriages 1935-1936, FHL Film: 575777
 * Lower Burle Sioux Agency, M595, births and deaths 1929, FHL Film: 575782 and births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL Film: 575783 and births and deaths 1935-39, 1942, FHL FIlm: 575784
 * Standing Rock Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 583017
 * Pine Ridge Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 580758
 * Winnebago Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL Film: 583126; births and deaths 1932-1933, FHL Film 583127 and births and deaths 1922-1938, FHL Film: 583129

Important Web Sites

 * The Constitution and By-Laws of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of Fort Thompson South Dakota
 * Constitution and By-Laws for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe South Dakota
 * Constitution and Bylaws of the Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe
 * Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
 * Constitution and By-laws of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe North Dakota. Approved February 14, 1946.
 * Constitution of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
 * Sioux Nation Wikipedia
 * Constitution and By-laws of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Business and Claims Committee

Sioux

 * Carlson, Paul H. The Plains Indians. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, c1998. FHL book 970.1 C197p

General

 * Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
 * Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
 * Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.


 * Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
 * Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
 * Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
 * Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands


 * Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978–.


 * Volume 1 -- Not yet published
 * Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
 * Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
 * Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
 * Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
 * Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
 * Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
 * Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
 * Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
 * Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
 * Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
 * Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
 * Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
 * Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
 * Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
 * Volume 16 -- Not yet published
 * Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
 * Volume 18 -- Not yet published
 * Volume 19 -- Not yet published
 * Volume 20 -- Not yet published


 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
 * Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.