Two additions to the Bibliography:
Pevar, Stephen L., ed. The Rights of Indians and Tribes: The Basic
ACLU Guide to Indian and Tribal Rights. 2d. ed. Carbondale and
Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.
Philp, Kenneth R., ed. Indian Self-Rule: First-Hand Accounts of
Indian-White Relations from Roosevelt to Reagan. Logan, UT:
Utah State University Press, 1995.
Listed below is a package of readings which highlights some of the major legislation affecting Sioux Tribes (in particular the Yankton Sioux) in the Great Sioux Nation. Not everything is included, that would be too multitudinous, however you will gain an understanding of the legislative path that affects Indian governments today as they attempt to serve their people. You are encouraged to peruse the material to trace the effects of jurisdiction and allotment as it existed prior to the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934, and its aftermath.
1. Treaty With the Yankton Sioux, 1815 (July 19, 1815), 7 Stat., 128.
Ratified, Dec. 26, 1815
2. Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543, 5 L.Ed. 681 (U.S. Sup.
Ct. 1823)
3. Treaty with the Teton, Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of the Sioux
tribe of Indians, (June 22, 1825), 7 Stat., 250. Proclamation, Feb. 6,
1826
4. Treaty with the Sioux, etc., 1825 (Aug. 19, 1825), 7 Stat., 272.
Proclamation, Feb. 6, 1826
5. Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes, etc., (July 15, 1830), 7 Stat., 328.
Proclamation, Feb. 24, 1831
6. The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia (January Term, 1831)
7. Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Georgia
(January Term, 1832)
8. Treaty with the Oto, etc., 1836 (Oct. 15, 1836), 7 Stat., 524.
Proclamation, Feb. 15, 1837
9. Treaty with the Yankton Sioux, 1837 (Oct 21, 1837), 7 Stat., 542.
Proclamation, Feb. 21, 1838
10. Treaty of Fort Laramie with Sioux, etc., 1851, (Sept. 17, 1851), 11
Stat., p. 749
11. Treaty with the Yankton Sioux, 1858 (Apr. 19, 1858), 11 Stat., 743.
Ratified Feb. 16, 1859. Proclaimed Feb. 26, 1859
12. Doane Robinson, "Sioux Indian Courts," South Dakota Historical
Collections 5 (1910): 402- 414
13. Treaty with the Sioux--Brule, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai,
Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee--and
Arapaho, 1868 (Apr. 29, 1868), 15 Stat., 635. Ratified, Feb. 16,
1869. Proclaimed, Feb. 24, 1869
14. Chap. 72. An act to ratify an agreement with certain bands of the
Sioux Nation of Indians, and also with the Northern Arapaho and
Cheyenne Indians. (Feb. 28, 1877), 19 Stat., 254
15. Chap. 421. An Act for the disposition of the agricultural lands
embraced within the limits of the Pipestone Indian Reservation in
Minnesota. Mar. 2, 1889. 25 Stat., 1012
16. Chap. 202. An act granting the right of way to the Yankton and
Missouri Valley Railway Company through the Yankton Indian
Reservation in Dakota. Feb., 23, 1889. 25 Stat., 684
17. Chap. 405. An act to divide a portion of the reservation of the
Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into Separate reservations and to
secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and
for other purposes. (Mar. 2, 1889), 25 Stat., 888
18. Agreement with the Yankton Sioux or Dakota Indians, in South Dakota.
[28 Stat., 314.], 31 December 1892
19. Chap. 69. An act to authorize the reconstruction of a bridge across
the Niobrara River near the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, and making
an appropriation therefor. (May 7, 1894), 18 Stat., 72
20. Constitution and By-Laws of the Yankton-Sioux Business Committee of
the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota, Adopted by the Tribal
Council of September 22, 1932, and authorized by the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
21. Roger Bromert, "The Sioux and the Indian-CCC." South Dakota
History 4 (Fall 1978): 340- 356
22. Roger Bromert, "Sioux Rehabilitation Colonies: Experiments in
Self-Sufficiency, 1936-1942." South Dakota History 1 (Spring
1984): 31-47
23. Richmond L. Clow, "The Indian Reorganization Act and the Loss of
Tribal Sovereignty: Constitutions on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
Reservations." Great Plains Quarterly 7 (Spring 1987): 125-34
24. Wilcomb E. Washburn, "A Fifty-Year Perspective on the Indian
Reorganization Act." American Anthropologist 86 (June 1984):
279-289
25. Amended Constitution and By-Laws of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Business
and Claims Committee, South Dakota. Approved April 24, 1963