Fort Yates

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Fort Yates
Fort Yates Baptist Mission
Fort Yates Baptist Mission
Location in North Dakota
ND Sioux County Fort Yates.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1903
State : United States
State : North Dakota
County : Sioux County
Coordinates : 46 ° 5 ′  N , 100 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 5 ′  N , 100 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 184 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,150 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.16 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 0.16 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code : 58538
Area code : +1 701
FIPS : 38-27860
GNIS ID : 1036044 1029027, 1036044
Post office in Fort Yates North Dakota 6-12-2009.jpg
Fort Yates Post Office
Memorial to Sitting Bull
Administration of the reservation in Fort Yates

Fort Yates is a municipality in Sioux County in the US state of North Dakota . Fort Yates is located on the Missouri River on an island in the Oahe Reservoir , which is connected to the mainland by a dam.

Fort Yates is the seat of the Tribal Council of Standing Rock and the administrative seat of Sioux County. The Bureau of Indian Affairs operates an agency in Fort Yates, the Standing Rock Agency . Fort Yates is named in honor of George Yates, an officer in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed during the Battle of Little Bighorn . The Sitting Bull College has a location in Fort Yates. In the vicinity of Fort Yates is the Prairie Knights Casino and Resort which is operated by the tribal government of Standing Rock.

history

Originally an old Cheyenne settlement consisting of earth houses is said to have been in the area north of today's Fort Yates . According to William Clark and John Ordway , the settlement had long been abandoned when they arrived. They named the abandoned settlement Old Village Cheyen . Even George Grinnell mentioned was therefore abandoned before 1780 before a large chicken pox epidemic a settlement. George Grinnell cites stories from the Teton Lakota.

Fort Yates was founded in 1863 as a military base to monitor the Sioux tribes living there as a Standing Rock Cantonment . In 1873 the BIA's Grand River Agency was established next to the fort. This was founded in 1868 after the Treaty of Fort Laremie , but moved in 1873 to the area of ​​today's Fort Yates, as the place was better suited due to its proximity to the Missouri River . On December 22, 1874, the Grand River Agency was renamed the Standing Rock Agency . In 1878 the fort and settlement were renamed "Fort Yates" in honor of George Yates. In 1881 the Indian agent James McLaughlin was transferred to Fort Yates and entrusted with the management of the agency. During his time as an agent there was the ghost dance movement and the murder of Sitting Bull , which led to the massacre of Wounded Knee . Sitting Bull was originally buried in Fort Yates before his grave was moved to his birthplace in Mobridge , South Dakota in 1953 . In place of the grave there is now a memorial at this place. In 1903 the military camp was abandoned and the stationed troops moved to Fort McKeen. In 1973, the Standing Rock Community College was founded in Fort Yates , one of 34 educational institutions controlled by Indian governments. In 1996 the college was renamed Sitting Bull College to honor the great chief.

Web links

Commons : Fort Yates  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ standingrock.org ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Bldg. # 1 N Standing Rock Ave. PO Box D Fort Yates, ND 58538 (701) 854-8500  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / standingrock.org
  2. ↑ www.bia.gov ( Memento of the original dated November 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BIA Standing Rock Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs Building 194 Fort Yates, North Dakota 58538  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bia.gov
  3. ↑ Fort Yates Campus 9299 Hwy 24 Fort Yates, ND 58538
  4. ↑ Prairie Knights Casino and Resort 7932 Highway 24, Fort Yates, ND 58538
  5. ^ Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition by W. Raymond Wood, University of Oklahoma Press (2003) p. 108
  6. ↑ sittingbull.edu Sitting Bull College began as Standing Rock Community College (SRCC) on September 21, 1973. On March 6, 1996, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council voted to officially amend the charter, changing the college's name to Sitting Bull College ( SBC).