Indian Self-Determination and Self-Governance Era 1968-present

1993

Supreme Court holds that Congress abrogated hunting and fishing treaty rights

Farmland on Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Image: Spencer
Farmland on Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Image: Spencer

In South Dakota v. Bourland, the Supreme Court affirms the treaty rights of the Cheyenne River Sioux on reservation lands that were acquired for a reservoir.

Settler Colonial Policy