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The trunk, which lives on this reservation, are: Sioux
Situation: The Lower Brule reservation is in the middle part of Süddakota, 15 miles southeast of Pierre and 16 miles north of Reliance.
Number of reservation inhabitants: 1.095
Size of the reservation: 225,970 acres
Size of the country used by the trunk: 109,943 acres
Size of the country used individually by master members: 25,137 acres
Size the trunk of assigned country: 135,080 acres
Size of the country in the possession of non--Indians: 90,890 acres
Origin: The Lower Brule Sioux descends from the Teton. The Teton belongs to the seven master federations of the Lakota. As the Teton in the center 17. Century into the western area of Dakota, divided they immigrated into seven master federations. One of these master federations were the Brule.
How did the reservation develop? With the away Laramie contract of 1868 were specified the borders of the large Sioux nation reservation. Later the US Government of parts of the country took itself eight years, when gold in the Black Hills was discovered.
Today's living conditions: There is no industry on the reservation. In the proximity are also no cities, where the Indians work could find. Therefore unemployment amounts to 70%.
Master center: Lower Brule, Süddakota
Districts: Lyman and Stanley
Number of master members: 2.502
Languages: Lakota, Dakota and English
The address is:
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 187
Lower Brule, SD the 57548 USA
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