Nebraska Historic Resources Intensive Survey of Northern Ponca and Santee Sioux Allotment Properties.

摘要

On April 9, 2009, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) entered into a contract with the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) to undertake an intensive survey of buildings associated with the Northern Ponca and Santee Sioux allotment period in Knox and Boyd counties, including lands currently included within the Santee Sioux Reservation (Figures 1 through 3). The allotment period is the period associated with the break-up of the reservation system, and the division of former reservation land into individual allotments to Indian households and individuals. Following the General Allotment Act, passed by Congress in 1877, a series of acts was signed by the federal government that imposed allotment policy on United States tribes. For the Northern Ponca and Santee Sioux, the allotment period began with the signing of such an act in 1889. The allotment period officially ended in 1934, with the passing of the Indian Reorganization Act, which ended the United States allotment policy and re-established reservation communities and tribal governments. This survey was sponsored and partially funded by the NSHS with additional grant support provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior and administered by the National Park Service. The project was conducted in accordance with the regulations and guidelines of the Nebraska Historic Resources Survey and Inventory.