On May 13, 1904, President Theodore
Roosevelt signed a Proclamation. The Proclamation was titled
Proclamation 526 - Opening of Sioux Lands of the Rosebud Reservation,
South Dakota. You can read the Proclamation by clicking HERE. In
essence, and according to this Proclamation, an agreement was made
between the Sioux Indian tribe on the Rosebud Reservation in South
Dakota and a United States Indian Inspector named James McLaughlin. This
agreement was approved by Congress on April 23, 1904. In this
agreement, the Sioux Indian tribe relinquished their claim to about
382,000 acres of unallotted lands to the United States of America. On August 8, 1904 at 9:00 am, these lands were opened under the homestead and townsite laws of the United States of America.
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