Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation
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Coghen Towry 20:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)Coghen Towry This is an alternate name for the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, which is the homeland of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, also known as the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation or Oyate.
This is NOT the same as the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, which is located in the small town of Lame Deer, Montana.
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
The United States Government as defined by the United States Constitution has governmental relationships with International, Tribal, and State entities. The Tribal nations have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. The Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation signed treaties in the 1800's with the United States which are the legal documents that established our boundaries and recognized our rights as a sovereign government.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Lands were originally reduced to a reservation with defined boundaries by the U.S. Congress in the Act of March 2, 1889 which identified all the Lakota/Dakota reservations in what is known as the Great Sioux Settlement. The Tribal governments maintain jurisdiction within the boundaries of the reservation including all rights-of-way, waterways, watercourses and streams running through any part of the reservation and to such others lands as may hereafter be added to the reservation under the laws of the United States.
The Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. The Tribal Council consists of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and additional Council members which are elected by the Tribal members.
The Tribal Council Chairman is the administrative head of the Tribe and serves a four year term. Three of the Tribal Council are elected at large and the remainder are elected from their districts.
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation is part of the Great Sioux Reservation that was established under the Treaty of 1868. This treaty established a reservation of 60,000,000+ acres that encompassed all of western South Dakota, North Dakota, Eastern Wyoming, and parts of Nebraska and Montana.The Sioux Agreement of March 02, 1889 set reservation boundary lines to encompass approximately 2,806,913.95 acres. The Surplus Lands Act of 1908 and 1910 authorized the Secretary of Interiors to open 1.6 million acres of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation for homesteading and settlement by non-Indians. Land which the tribe has attempted to restore to tribal ownership to this day.The eastern boundary of the Great Sioux Nation is the east bank of the Missouri River and is also the boundary of the eastern edge of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The construction of the Oahe Reservoir in 1948- and 1962 supposedly removed 104,420 acres of trust land from the reservation due the illegal building of the dam. But, pursuant to Public Law 778, the reservations boundaries were not altered by the United States taking of lands.
CULTURE
The Great Sioux Nation is also called The Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nation. The people of the Sioux Nation refer to themselves as Lakota or Dakota which means friend or ally. The United States government took the word Sioux from (Nadowesioux), which comes from a Chippewa (Ojibway) word which means little snake or enemy. The French traders and trappers who worked with the Chippewa( Ojibway) people shortened the word to Sioux.
The Lakotas speak an L dialect of Siouan language and were expert horsemen and buffalo hunters on the plains. The Yankton and Yanktonais are called the Wiceyala or Middle Sioux. Four bands of the Isanti, or Stone Knife People, including the Mdewankanton, Wahpetonwan, Wahpekute, and Sissetonwan comprise the Eastern Division of the Sioux Nation. The Yanktonias speak the "N" dialect and the Isanti speak the "D" dialect of Siouan language. The Yanktonais and the Isanti were a river-plains people who did some farming as well as buffalo hunting.
The government identified all the Tribes with similar languages as the Sioux people. The oral tradition of our people state that the Lakota and Dakota people were one nation. The Lakota people moved away and formed their own nation. The Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people still practice their sacred and traditional ceremonies which encompass the seven rites of Lakota religion brought by the White Buffalo Calf Woman.
Social activities such as powwow, rodeos, and races are celebrated in the summer months. Special powwows held for individuals who accomplished a stage in their lives such as graduation or acceptance in the arm forces with traditional honoring ceremonies, give away, and feasts to celebrate the accomplishments. The oral tradition is still passed down from the elders to the youth.
Cheyenne River Reservation Districts
There are 6 Districts on The Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.
District 1 TRIBAL COUNCIL Steve Moran - Council Representative Artis (Moran) Cook - Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL Burton In the Woods - District Council Chairman Kimberly Red Bear - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer Five communities represented by District 1 BEAR CREEK DUPREE IRON LIGHTNING ISABEL THUNDER BUTTE
District 2 TRIBAL COUNCIL Ted Knife, Jr. - Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL Manny Iron Hawk - District Council Chairman Kimberly White Wolf - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer One community represented by District 2 RED SCAFFOLD
District 3 TRIBAL COUNCIL Maynard Dupris - Council Representative Edward Widow - Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL June Runs After - District Council Chairman Shantoya Waloke - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer Three communities represented by District 3 BRIDGER CHERRY CREEK TAKINI
District 4 TRIBAL COUNCIL Sharon Lee - Council Representative Terrance Veo - Council Representative Kevin Keckler - Council Representative Merrie Miller White Bull - Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL Richard Red Elk - District Council Chairman Alvina Hump - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer Four communities represented by District 4 WEST EAGLE BUTTE GREEN GRASS TIMBER LAKE WHITE HORSE
District 5 TRIBAL COUNCIL Lanny LaPlante - Council Representative Corbin LeBeau, Sr. - Council Representative Derek Bartlett - Council Representative Robert Walters - Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL M. Jay Cook - District Council Chairman Roxee Holloway - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer The west half of the Eagle Butte community is represented by District 5 EAST EAGLE BUTTE
District 6 TRIBAL COUNCIL Dixie LeCompte - Council Representative Michael Rousseau- Council Representative DISTRICT COUNCIL Mike Bowker - District Council Chairman Colette Shaving - District Council Secretary vacant - District Council Treasurer Four communities represented by District 6 BLACKFOOT LAPLANT PROMISE SWIFTBIRD Tribal/Agency Headquarters: Eagle Butte, SD Counties: Dewey and Ziebach, South Dakota Population of enrolled members: 12,000 Reservation Population: 14,000 Language: Lakota and English Lakota Bands: Cheyenne River Sioux, Minnecoujou (Plants by the River), Itazapco (No Bows or Sans Arcs),Oehe Numpa (Two Kettle)
CLIMATE
The average rainfall is 16-17 inches during the summer season. The growing season lasts three months, June to August. The snow fall averages from moderate too heavy for winter weather. The temperature in the winter can be 30 degrees below zero with a 25 degrees above zero average. The average temperature in the summer is 80 degrees but will range from 69 degrees to 110 degrees from June to August. The wind averages 14 mph per day annually. The area suffers from occasional droughts in the summer and severe blizzards in the winter. The spring and fall times are very pleasant.
TRIBAL ECONOMY
The major economic occupation on the Cheyenne River Reservation is cattle ranching and farming for a number of Tribal operators. The second largest business is the Tribally owned and managed Cheyenne River Telephone Authority which has a number of subsidiaries including cable TV, DBS Satellites, propane gas, office products and printing, and the Cheyenne River Super Market. The Tribe also operates a Super 8 motel, an irrigated farm, a hunting program for small game, big game, and waterfowl. The Tribe also manages large buffalo and elk herds for food and game production.
Commercial business by private operators include a convenience store, gas stations, restaurants, laundromat, auto repair shop, a video arcade/fast food shop, and arts and handcrafts, and other service and commercial vendors.
The majority of employment is provided by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Community College, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Indian Health Service.
Facts
ESTABLISHED: Act of March 02, 1889, Also see Great Sioux Nation, Treaty of 1868, Treaty of 1851
LOCATION: North Central South Dakota
SIZE: 2,806,913.95 acres (About the size Connecticut)
TRIBE: Teton Lakota (Sioux), bands of Mnicoujou, Siha Sapa, Oohenumpa, & Itazipco
POPULATION: 14,861 (per 1990 census)
TOTAL INDIAN POPULATION: 12,218 (per 1990 census)
TOTAL ENROLLED MEMBERS OF TRIBE: 14,423 and growing
TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS: Eagle Butte, SD
TRIBAL LAND: Land Status: Acres Total Area: 2,850,000 Tribal Owned: 1,615,500 Allotted Owned: Unknown Total Tribal/Allotted Owned: Unknown Non-Indian Owned: 1,234,500 Reservoir Taken area: 150,000 Agriculture 1,600,000 Grazing 1,580,000 Forestry 400 Written By Coghen Towry
References
1. [1] 2.[www.mnisose.org/profiles/cheyenne.htm]
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