- Yankton Agency
- (See also Santee Agency)
This Agency, often spelled
"Yancton," was created in 1859 for the Yankton people. Agency headquarters were
located on the Missouri River near Greenwood in present day Charles Mix County in South
Dakota. The Yankton agent was in charge of the Santee Agency from April, 1877 through
June, 1878.
Headmen included Struck-by-the-Ree, Mad Bull, White
Swan, War Eagle, Black Eagle, Pretty Rock, and Feather-in-his-ear (Feather Necklace),
Smutty Bear, Iron Bear, Medicine Cow, Jumping Thunder, The Left Hand or Crazy Walker, and
Walking Elk.
Like the Sisseton Reservation, the Yankton
Reservation land base was lost as a direct result of the Dawes Allotment Act. Seventy-five
percent of the Indians who received fee patents sold their land and spent the proceeds. It
too is now considered an "open reservation" because the land base is not
consolidated.
Today the 40,000 acres of tribal land are located on
the east bank of the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota in Charles Mix County.
Fort Randall Dam and Fort Randall Chapel are popular tourist attractions.
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Census (Attached to Rosebud Agency records.) NARA Central Plains Region, Kansas City, MO. Microfilmed by LDS
Church)
| Inclusive dates |
NARA roll # |
SD Archives roll # |
| Family enrollment report, 1929;
Yankton
School, 1927, 1930-31;
Degree of blood |
34 |
3684 |
Indian Census Rolls, 1892-1924 (M595).
| Inclusive dates |
NARA roll # |
SD Archives roll # |
| 1885-87, 1890, 1892-94 |
680 |
9691 |
| 1895-1905 |
681 |
9691 |
| 1906-07, 1909-11 |
682 |
9691 |
| 1913-17 |
683 |
9691 |
| 1918-20 |
684 |
9692 |
| 1921-24 |
685 |
9692 |
| 1925-27 |
686 |
9692 |
| 1928-29 |
687 |
9693 |
| 1930-31 |
688 |
9693 |
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Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1859-76 (M-234). 962 rolls. Inventory
available from NARA.
| Inclusive dates |
NARA roll # |
SD Archives roll # |
| 1859-63 |
959 |
1506-1509 |
| 1864-69 |
960 |
1510 |
| 1870-72 |
961 |
1511 |
| 1873-76 |
962 |
1512 |
Publications
| Title |
Location |
| United States Indian Claims Commission. An
Appraisal of the lands of the Yankton Sioux Tribe acquired by the United States under
treaty of April 19, 1858 ratified February 16, 1859: Royce 410 lands Indian Claims
Commission docket np. 332-C Yankton Sioux Tribe v. United States of America. Denver: T.C.
Hitchings & Co., 1975. |
KF8228. Y25 |
| Treaty between the United States and the Yancton
tribe of Sioux or Dacotah Indians. April 19, 1858. Washington, D.C.: s.n., 1859.
|
KF8228. Y25 1858 |
| 57th Cong. 1st sess. Senate doc. no. 298, General
Alfred Sully’s Company of Yankton Sioux Indian Scouts. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1902. |
E99. Y26 U52 |
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Records, [1902-1942].
These
records are housed at the National Archives regional records center in Kansas
City, MO. The SD State Archives provided funding for microfilming the records,
therefore, copies of this film may be purchased from the SDSA.
|
Series Title & Dates |
NARA Roll # |
SA Roll # |
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1909-1915. (310)
|
1 |
5422 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1909-1916. (310) |
2 |
5423
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1912-1914. (310) |
3 |
5424
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1912-1914. (310)
|
4 |
5425 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1912-1920. (310) |
5 |
5426
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1913-1927. (310) |
6 |
5427
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1913-1924. (310)
|
7 |
5428 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1914-1923. (310) a few
documents dated 1940-1941
|
8 |
5429
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1915-1925. (310)
|
9 |
5430
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1916-1936. (310)
|
10 |
5431 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1917-1919. (310)
|
11 |
5432 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1919-1936. (310)
|
12 |
5433
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1919-1920. (310) |
13 |
5434
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1920-1923. (310)
|
14 |
5435 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1920-1928. (310) |
15 |
5436
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1920-1923. (310)
|
16 |
5437 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1920-1926. (310) |
17 |
5438
|
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1921-1925. (310)
|
18 |
5439 |
|
Transfer of Lands-Sales-Extension of Payments, 1929-1942. (310)
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1907 (311)
|
19 |
5440 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1902-1916. (311)
|
20 |
5441 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1903-1917. (311)
|
21 |
5442 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1904-1918. (311) |
22 |
5443
|
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1905-1919. (311)
|
23 |
5444 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1903-1932. (311)
|
24 |
5445 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1903-1919. (311) |
25 |
5446
|
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1906-1918. (311)
|
26 |
5447 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1909. (311)
|
27 |
5448 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1910-1911. (311)
|
28 |
5449 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1911-1921. (311)
|
29 |
5450 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1911-1940. (311)
|
30 |
5451 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1905-1941. (311)
|
31 |
5452 |
|
Deeds & Titles - Conveyance of Lands, 1924-1942. (311)
Patents 1907-1908. (312)
|
32 |
5453 |
|
Patents 1908-1910. (312)
|
33 |
5454 |
|
Patents 1909-1910. (312)
|
34 |
5455 |
|
Patents 1911-1915. (312)
|
35 |
5456 |
|
Patents 1910-1911. (312)
|
36 |
5457 |
|
Patents 1912-1916. (312)
|
37 |
5458 |
|
Patents 1915-1916. (312)
|
38 |
5459 |
|
Patents 1916. (312)
|
39 |
5460 |
|
Patents 1916. (312)
|
40 |
5461 |
|
Patents 1916-1918. (312)
|
41 |
5462 |
|
Patents 1918-1920. (312)
|
42 |
5463 |
|
Patents 1919-1920. (312)
|
43 |
5464 |
|
Patents 1919. (312)
|
44 |
5465 |
|
Patents 1919-1920. (312)
|
45 |
5466 |
|
Patents 1920-1921. (312)
|
46 |
5467 |
|
Patents 1921-1922. (312)
|
47 |
5468 |
|
Patents 1922-1928. (312)
|
48 |
5469 |
|
Patents 1929-1933. (312)
|
49 |
5470 |
|
Patents 1931-1934. (312)
Allotments & Homestead Entries,1907-1914. (313)
|
50 |
5471
|
|
Allotments & Homestead Entries, 1915-1920. (313)
|
51 |
5472 |
|
Allotments & Homestead Entries,1920-1934. (313)
Leasing of Lands 1909-1923. (320) |
52 |
5473 |
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Special Case Files
These records are housed
at the National Archives regional records center in Kansas City, MO. The SD
State Archives provided funding for microfilming the records, therefore, copies
of this film may be purchased from the SDSA.
| Title |
- MF Roll #
- Access #
|
| Case No. 158: Yankton & Missouri Valley
Railway Company right of way through Yankton Reservation, 1888. |
- 5043
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1896-1899. |
- 5047
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1899-1900. |
- 5048
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1900-1902. |
- 5049
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1902. |
- 5050
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1902. |
- 5051
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1902. |
- 5052
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1902-1903. |
- 5053
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1903. |
- 5054
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1903. |
- 5055
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1903-1904. |
- 5056
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1904. |
- 5057
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1904-1905. |
- 5058
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1905. |
- 5059
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1905-1906. |
- 5060
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1906-1907. |
- 5061
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1907. |
- 5062
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 191 continued: Yankton Agency grazing
leases, 1907. |
- 5063
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1902-1903. |
- 5064
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1903. |
- 5065
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1903. |
- 5066
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1904. |
- 5067
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1904-1905. |
- 5068
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1905-1906. |
- 5069
- 99-100
|
| Case No. 203: Yankton Agency sale of inherited
Indian land, 1906-1907. |
- 5070
- 99-100
|
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Superintendents’ Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports from Field Jurisdictions
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1910-1938 (M1011).
| Inclusive dates |
NARA roll # |
SD Archives roll # |
| Hope School, 1919-1923 |
65 |
4452 |
| Springfield School, 1910-1918 |
144 |
4465 |
| Yankton, 1910-1914 |
172 |
4468 |
| Yankton, 1915-1931 |
173 |
4469 |
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SD State Archives,
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