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"The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians acknowledge their dependence on the Government of the United States, and do hereby pledge and bind themselves to preserve friendly relations with the citizens thereof, and to commit no injuries or depredations on their persons or property, nor on those of the members of any other tribe; but in case of any such injury or depredation, full compensation shall, as far as practicable, be made therefor out of their moneys in the hands of the United States, the amount in all cases to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior."

Article 6, Sioux Treaty of 1858 

In the months following the war, a commission took on the overwhelming task of disbursing funds to settlers for their material losses. The same treaties that promised money to the Dakota in exchange for their lands also contained provisions for using these funds instead to compensate for war losses. 

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Resources for Further Research: 

Skogen, Larry C. Indian Depredation Claims, 1796-1920. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1996.

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