Providing for the Acquisition of Lands by the United States Required for the Reservoir Created by the Construction of Oahe Dam on the Missouri River and for Rehabilitation of the Indians of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, S. Dak.

Authors

United States Congress
US Senate

Sponsor

Arthur V. Watkins

Committee

Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Congress

83d Congress, 2d Session

Files

Description

This report from the United States (US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated August 17, 1954, was written to accompany US House Resolution 2233 which recommended that the United States acquire additional lands for construction of the Oahe Dam. Construction of the Oahe Dam required that the US Government take lands from the Cheyenne River Sioux, similar to the taking of lands from the Three Affiliated Tribes. This report recommends amendments to US House Resolution 2233, including a recommendation that the contract with the Cheyenne River Sioux require only a majority vote of enrolled adult tribal members, as a three-quarter majority vote would be too difficult to attain. The report reaches this conclusion citing the ratification provisions utilized under the “Taking Act” (US Public Law 81-437) with the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold. US House Resolution 2233 became US Public Law 83-776 on September 3, 1954.

Publication Date

8-17-1954

Keywords

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, Titunwan, The Taking Act, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Oahe Dam, land acquisition

Organizations Referenced

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Cheyenne River Sioux, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, Titunwan, US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

People Referenced

Watkins, A.L. Miller, Orme Lewis, Robert T. Stevens

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Disciplines

American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History

Related Documents

To Vet Title to Certain Lands of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, in the United States, and to Provide Compensation Therefor (The Taking Act, PL-81-437)

Recommended Citation

US Congress, Senate. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Providing for the Acquisition of Lands by the United States Required for the Reservoir Created by the Construction of Oahe Dam on the Missouri River and for Rehabilitation of the Indians of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, S. Dak, 83d Cong., 2d sess., S. Rep. 2489. August 17, 1954. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/39/