Lower Brule Indian Reservation (South Dakota)

The Lower Brule Indian Reservation is located in Lyman County in north central South Dakota.


 * Established -- 29 April 1868
 * Agency (BIA) -- Lower Brule Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Lower Brulé and Lower Yanktonai Sioux
 * Population -- 125 (2000 census))

History
The Lower Brule Reservation was established by Treaty of Apr. 29, 1868 (xv, 630) and modified by executive orders and agreements.

In 1908, it consisted of 199,730 acres.

Records
Many of the records of individual Indians living on the Lower Brule Reservation were kept by the Lower Brule Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Others are kept by the Tribal Office.

Web Sites

 * Constitution and Bylaws of the Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe