One of several Reservations in the State of South Dakota, the flandreau indian reservation
is tiny and has a small population, which probably has a tiny non Indian population. More info about the
flandreau indian reservation is down further on this page. This page will deal specifically with the lakota indian tribes of Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota. Those dakota tribes are the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, teton dakota indians, Wahpekute, wahpeton lakota indians, Yankton and Yanktonai. They
are better known as the Great Sioux Nation. Scattered from the eastern coastline of the United States, to the Rocky Mountains
of Alberta, Canada, dakota indians have a deliberately created history done for them by the whites. In the United States
the white Americans have falsely accused the dakota indians for starting the 1862 Minnesota War, as well as the 1866-1868
Red Cloud War, and the most famous, the 1876 Black Hills War. No dakota's fought in the 1862 Minnesota War, nor did they
fight in the 1866-1868 Red Cloud War, nor did they fight in the 1876 Black Hills War.
After the failed August 1862 treaty between the Pembina Chippewa's and the United States, ogima Little Shell and other high ranking leaders of the Pembina Chippewa's, ordered their brave warriors into white Minnesota to attempt to drive them out and stop their invasion into Pembina Chippewa land. The Santee Dakota or, the Santee Sioux, did not fight in that war. After the American Civil War concluded, the Americans made their first military expeditions into the Pemibina Empire of the Montana region, by starting in the Black Hills region. From the Black Hills, the invading Americans sent their soldiers into northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, to wage war against the Pembina Empire. Those wars were the 1866-1868 Red Cloud War and the 1876 Black Hills War.
It is likely the Americans and Dakota tribes made their peace with the 1865 treaty, and formed an alliance to fight the powerful Pembina Empire (the Iron Confederation - the bitter enemies of the Dakota people), which means the dakota ordered many of their warriors to join their American allies to fight their bitter Assiniboine, Chippewa, Cree and Gros Ventre enemies. The Americans were good to their dakota allies and left them with well over 15,000 sq. mi. of their original land, if you believe history that is. However, it is an misconception that the dakota indians owned the Black Hills. If the Dakota owned any part of the Black Hills, it was in the southeastern portion of the Black Hills located in South Dakota. The Pembina Chippewa's likely claimed most of the Black Hills.
There other areas in North America where dakota speaking peoples lived, including the Wisconsin Winnebago, and certain tribes of dakota's in the Carolina's and Virginia areas. In the Carolina's and Virginia areas, the dakota speaking tribes have all but disappeared. There are still Winnebago people in Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. As for the Santee Sioux of Minnesota, they were eventually stabbed in the back by the United States, and lost much of their Minnesota Reservation lands to white American greed. Then there are the Dakota Indians of North Dakota and South Dakota, who have been left with much of their original land. They have several large Reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota, especially South Dakota. Then there are the Dakota speaking Crow people of Montana who were loyal allies to the Americans. The Americans were good to their Crow allies and allowed them to return to their former Montana lands. The Crow did not live in Montana during the 1860s. Among the Omaha Dakota people are the Kansa and Ponca tribes. The Osage tribe is not Dakota, but they are the Chippewa's who lived in the Ohio region. There is another group of Dakota people who refer to themselves as Nakota, but they are better known as the Assiniboine. I have included another page solely for the Nakota who were the allies of the Chippewa and Cree.
After the failed August 1862 treaty between the Pembina Chippewa's and the United States, ogima Little Shell and other high ranking leaders of the Pembina Chippewa's, ordered their brave warriors into white Minnesota to attempt to drive them out and stop their invasion into Pembina Chippewa land. The Santee Dakota or, the Santee Sioux, did not fight in that war. After the American Civil War concluded, the Americans made their first military expeditions into the Pemibina Empire of the Montana region, by starting in the Black Hills region. From the Black Hills, the invading Americans sent their soldiers into northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, to wage war against the Pembina Empire. Those wars were the 1866-1868 Red Cloud War and the 1876 Black Hills War.
It is likely the Americans and Dakota tribes made their peace with the 1865 treaty, and formed an alliance to fight the powerful Pembina Empire (the Iron Confederation - the bitter enemies of the Dakota people), which means the dakota ordered many of their warriors to join their American allies to fight their bitter Assiniboine, Chippewa, Cree and Gros Ventre enemies. The Americans were good to their dakota allies and left them with well over 15,000 sq. mi. of their original land, if you believe history that is. However, it is an misconception that the dakota indians owned the Black Hills. If the Dakota owned any part of the Black Hills, it was in the southeastern portion of the Black Hills located in South Dakota. The Pembina Chippewa's likely claimed most of the Black Hills.
There other areas in North America where dakota speaking peoples lived, including the Wisconsin Winnebago, and certain tribes of dakota's in the Carolina's and Virginia areas. In the Carolina's and Virginia areas, the dakota speaking tribes have all but disappeared. There are still Winnebago people in Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. As for the Santee Sioux of Minnesota, they were eventually stabbed in the back by the United States, and lost much of their Minnesota Reservation lands to white American greed. Then there are the Dakota Indians of North Dakota and South Dakota, who have been left with much of their original land. They have several large Reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota, especially South Dakota. Then there are the Dakota speaking Crow people of Montana who were loyal allies to the Americans. The Americans were good to their Crow allies and allowed them to return to their former Montana lands. The Crow did not live in Montana during the 1860s. Among the Omaha Dakota people are the Kansa and Ponca tribes. The Osage tribe is not Dakota, but they are the Chippewa's who lived in the Ohio region. There is another group of Dakota people who refer to themselves as Nakota, but they are better known as the Assiniboine. I have included another page solely for the Nakota who were the allies of the Chippewa and Cree.
Catawba Reservation of South Carolina
Covers 1.1 sq. mi.
Population is 174
Language is Catawba
Crow Creek Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 422 sq. mi.
Population is 1,756
Language is Dakota
Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 3.5 sq. mi.
Population is 279
Language is Dakota
Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska
Covers 19 sq. mi.
Popluation is 172
Language is Iowa
Lake Traverse Sisseton Reservation of North Dakota and South Dakota
Covers 1,450 sq. mi.
Population is 10,733
Language is Dakota
Lower Brule Dakota Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 339 sq. mi.
Population is 1,123
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Lower Sioux Community of Minnesota
Covers 2.7 sq. mi.
Population is 259
Language is Dakota
Mattaponi Reservation of Virginia
Covers 0.1 sq. mi.
Population is 70
Language is Mattaponi
Omaha Reservation of Iowa and Nebraska
Covers 312 sq. mi.
Population is 5,227
Language is Omaha
Pamunkey Reservation of Virginia
Covers 2 sq. mi.
Population is 49
Language is Pamunkey
Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota and Nebraska
Covers 3,468 sq. mi.
Population is 12,215
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Prairie Island Dakota Community of Minnesota
Covers 0.8 sq. mi.
Population is 60
Language is Dakota
Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 1,975 sq. mi.
Population is 9,696
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Shakopee Community of Minnesota
Covers 0.5 sq. mi.
Population is 203
Language is Dakota
Upper Mdewakanton Sioux Commuity of Minnesota
Covers 1.2 sq. mi.
Population is 49
Language is Dakota
Winnebago Reservation of Nebraska
Covers 173 sq. mi.
Population is 2,341
Language is Winnebago
Winnebago Reservation of Wisconsin
Covers 5.0 sq. mi.
Population is 700
Language is Winnebago
Yankton Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 666 sq. mi.
Population is 6,269
Language is Dakota
Covers 1.1 sq. mi.
Population is 174
Language is Catawba
Crow Creek Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 422 sq. mi.
Population is 1,756
Language is Dakota
Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 3.5 sq. mi.
Population is 279
Language is Dakota
Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska
Covers 19 sq. mi.
Popluation is 172
Language is Iowa
Lake Traverse Sisseton Reservation of North Dakota and South Dakota
Covers 1,450 sq. mi.
Population is 10,733
Language is Dakota
Lower Brule Dakota Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 339 sq. mi.
Population is 1,123
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Lower Sioux Community of Minnesota
Covers 2.7 sq. mi.
Population is 259
Language is Dakota
Mattaponi Reservation of Virginia
Covers 0.1 sq. mi.
Population is 70
Language is Mattaponi
Omaha Reservation of Iowa and Nebraska
Covers 312 sq. mi.
Population is 5,227
Language is Omaha
Pamunkey Reservation of Virginia
Covers 2 sq. mi.
Population is 49
Language is Pamunkey
Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota and Nebraska
Covers 3,468 sq. mi.
Population is 12,215
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Prairie Island Dakota Community of Minnesota
Covers 0.8 sq. mi.
Population is 60
Language is Dakota
Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 1,975 sq. mi.
Population is 9,696
Language is Dakota
Mdewakanton Shakopee Community of Minnesota
Covers 0.5 sq. mi.
Population is 203
Language is Dakota
Upper Mdewakanton Sioux Commuity of Minnesota
Covers 1.2 sq. mi.
Population is 49
Language is Dakota
Winnebago Reservation of Nebraska
Covers 173 sq. mi.
Population is 2,341
Language is Winnebago
Winnebago Reservation of Wisconsin
Covers 5.0 sq. mi.
Population is 700
Language is Winnebago
Yankton Reservation of South Dakota
Covers 666 sq. mi.
Population is 6,269
Language is Dakota