Lower Sioux Indian Reservation

The Lower Sioux Indian Community, (Dakota: Caŋṡa'yapi; ) also known as the Mdewakanton Tribal Reservation, is an Indian reservation located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Paxton and Sherman townships in Redwood County, Minnesota. Its administrative headquarters is two miles south of Morton. The reservation is located southeast of Redwood Falls, the county seat.

The area was established as part of a reservation for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of the Lower Sioux under the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851 with the federal government. It originally extended about along the Minnesota River and was wide. It was greatly reduced following the Dakota War of 1862 and various other actions. As of the 2020 census, this lower reservation had a population of 534, and a land area of . Provided by Wikipedia
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    Published 1936
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1936.
    1 online resource (11 p.)
    Also issued in microfiche.
    ...Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota...
    LLMC Digital
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    Published 1937
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1937.
    1 online resource (6 p.)
    Also issued in microfiche.
    ...Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota...
    LLMC Digital
    Online Resource

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