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SISSETON-WAHPETON OYATE. Lake Traverse Reservation is in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota. Our reservation boundaries span 7 counties, 2 in North Dakota and 5 in South Dakota. We have 14,000+ tribal members throughout the US and abroad in the Armed Forces.
- Seven Districts
There are seven political sub-divisions located within the...
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Administration Building. 12554 BIA HWY 711, Agency Village,...
- Government
The federal Indian Agent at Sisseton Agency had them put...
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The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation...
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The Executive Committee, in formal session, shall have the...
- Boards and Committees
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- Seven Districts
The Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is the homeland of the federally recognized Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a branch of the Santee Dakota group of Native Americans. Most of the reservation covers parts of five counties in northeastern South Dakota, while smaller parts are in two counties in southeastern North Dakota, United States.
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (Dakota: Sisíthuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ oyáte), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized tribe comprising two bands and two subdivisions of the Isanti or Santee Dakota people.
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate will protect, conserve and manage fish and wildlife related resources within the exterior boundaries of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation for the benefit of the members of the Tribe.
His tenure as chief saw the creation and dissolution of the Lake Traverse Reservation and the transition of his people into the modern world. He is buried atop a bluff near Old Agency, South Dakota. Paul War Cloud (1930-1973), a Sisseton Wahpeton, was born near Sica Hollow.
LAKE TRAVERSE RESERVATION. The Lake Traverse Reservation is inhabited by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Band of Mississippi (Eastern Sioux): Traditionally, the Sisseton hunted, fished and farmed along the Minnesota-Wisconsin border.
Life on the Reservation: Today, the Lake Traverse Reservation sits on 109,000 acres and includes land in both northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota. The tribe is called the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, and about 11,000 people live on the reservation.
