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The tribe's reservation is the Yankton Indian Reservation, established in 1853 in Charles Mix County, South Dakota. The tribe has a land base of 36,741 acres (148.69 km 2 ). [ 9 ] Most of the tribe moved onto the reservation in the 1860s.
The Yankton Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of the Dakota tribe. The reservation occupies the easternmost 60 percent of Charles Mix County in southeastern South Dakota, United States and abuts the Missouri River along its southwest border.
Yankton Sioux Tribe. Announcements. Click HERE to apply online. IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: If you are a tribal member requesting a change of address or an ID, please use the links below. Also, available at YST Headquarters are copies of paperwork where you can pickup and drop off if you prefer paper method.
The reservation is the homeland of the Ihanktonwan or Yankton and the Ihanktowanna or Yanktonai who refer to themselves as Nakota. The reservation covers approximately 262,300 acres. It is the second-largest Indian reservation in the United States that is located entirely within one county.
The Yankton Sioux Reservation is located in the south central part of South Dakota, occupying the eastern half of Charles Mix County. The Yankton Service Unit is comprised of six counties; Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, and Hutchinson, South Dakota and Boyd and Knox, Nebraska. The reservation is mostly farmland with some small areas of timber.
The Yankton Sioux Reservation is located in the south central part of South Dakota, occupying the eastern half of Charles Mix County. The Yankton Sioux are the most populous tribe in the service unit.
SOUTH DAKOTA: YANKTON RESERVATION About the Yankton, Yanktonai and Assiniboine Sioux: The Siouan language family, including Lakota-Dakota-Nakota speakers, inhabited over 100 million acres in the upper Mississippi Region in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The Yankton and Yanktonai were one tribe, and the Assiniboine separated from them in the ...
