The laws listed below relevant to the Ihanktonwan Nakota Oyate were extracted from Charles J. Kappler, compiler, annotater, and editor of Volume III, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1913).
Because so much of the legislation is directed to payments of treaty stipulations, I have printed only those portions that directly affect individuals, lands, or provisions that stem from the treaties of the Ihanktonwan Oyate. To save space but offer researchers easier access to locating the materials, pages numbers are enclosed in brackets after the appropriate citation.
CHAP. 1402. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes. [p. 35]
At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars [p. 36], . . .
For subsistence and civilization of Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under "Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes," and so forth, thirty thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. [p. 46]
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general reppairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and fifty dollars. [p. 59-60]
For subsistence and civilization of Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under "Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes," and so forth, thirty thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand dollars. [p. 123]
That Louisa Morgan and Mrs. Mandan (Wanyagwankewin), Yankton Sioux allottees, to whom trust patents have been issued containing restrictions upon alienation, may sell and convey all, or any part of their allotments, but that such conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved, shall convey full title to the purchaser, the same as if final patent, without restrictions, had been issued to said allottees. [p. 142]
That William T. Selwyn, a Yankton Sioux Indian, may purchase, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Interior may prescribe, a tract of not exceeding thirty-eight and sixty-one one-hundredths acres from the lands reserved for the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, including the land upon which the improvements of the said Selwyn are located, described as follows: Northeast quarter (lot five) of southwest quarter of section twenty-seven, township ninety-four, of range sixty-four, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey said tract to the said Selwyn by patent in fee. [p. 142]
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue a patent in fee to Benjamin McBride, Yankton Sioux allottee, for the lands heretofore allotted him in South Dakota, and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said lands are hereby removed. [p. 144]
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to set apart a tract of land not exceeding twenty acres in extent on the land reserved for agency purposes on the Yankton Indian Reservation, in the state of South Dakota, for the perpetual use of the Yankton Tribe of Sioux Indians for a park and site for a monument or monuments to the memory of deceased Yankton Sioux chiefs and eminent members of their said tribe whose memory they may desire to perpetuate.[p. 144]
SEC. 22. . . . [p. 443]
For subsistence and civilization of the Yankton Sioux, South Dakota, Fifteen thousand dollars. [p. 444]
That jurisdiction be, and hereby is, conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, and report a finding of fact, as between the United States and the Yankton Tribe of Indians of South Dakota as to the interest, title, ownership, and right of possession of the said tribe of Indians in and to the following lands and premises, to wit: the said lands being described and indicated on the township plats of the Government legal survey approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, by the surveyor general for the State of Minnesota, as lying in sections one and two of township one hundred and six north, range forty-six west, and sections thirty-five and thirty-six of township one hndred and seven north, range forty-six west of the fifth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty-eight and two-tenths acres, more or less, and embracing the red pipestone quarries. [p. 444]
Proceedings shall be commenced by petition in the name of said Yankton Tribe of Indians, which petition shall be verified by the attorney or attorneys for said Indians. The proceedings shall in all respects be conducted without cost or expense to said Indians, and the United States, through the Secretary of the Interior, shall furnish without cost to said Indians a competent attorney or attorneys to appear for and represent them in said proceedings, the attorney's fee therefor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.[1]Yankton Tribe of Indians v. United States, No. 31253, Court of Claims docket.
[Under construction from here on.]
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