Question

Name the states where official Dakota communities or reservations exist today.

Answer 1

The four communities were reestablished in their current localities by acts of Congress in 1886. The four Dakota Communities today represent small segments of the original reservation that were restored to the Dakota by Acts of Congress or Proclamations of the Secretary of Interior.


The four Dakota Communities include:
1. Shakopee Mdewakanton located south of the Twin Cities near Prior Lake
2. Prairie Island located near Red Wing
3. Lower Sioux located near Redwood Falls
4. Upper Sioux whose lands are near the city of Granite Falls