1903 - Fort Yates military post was abandoned

The military post of Fort Yates was abandoned. All the soldier were sent to Fort McKern and the military graves were dug up and relocated to Fort McKern at this time too.

1906 - Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities

1906 - The Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities makes excavation, theft or destruction of historic or prehistoric ruins or objects of antiquity on federal lands a criminal offense. Dead Indians and Indian artifacts are defined as "archeological resources," thus considered federal property.

1908 - Town of McLaughlin established

Town of McLaughlin was established and name after Major James McLaughlin who is buried there. The orginal allottee of the Mclaughlin town site was Bear Soldier.

1909 - The Government open Standing Rock open for homestead

The United States open the reservation up for Homesteaders. In 1910 Pierre SD held a land lottery and IJ Iorns came to Standing Rock with his winning land lottery ticket. He started his homestead.

1910 - Sioux Land cedings

1910 Sioux Land cedings, by county
Intentional breakup of tiyospaye relations of communities with the land

1911 - Society of American Indians

1911 Society of American Indians formed Lakota organize cultural and treaty protection for Native peoples and nations

1918 - WWI draft

Fourteen men from Sioux County called by draft.

1923 - Black Hill Claim files

The Black Hills claim was filed by the Sioux Nation in U.S. Court of Claims in 1923. When, in 1923, the Lakota entered their suit with the US Court of Claims, the US were clearly not expecting a refusal of monetary compensation in lieu of the Black Hills because they stalled their decision for nineteen years, entertaining motions and counter-motions, professing they were 'studying' the matter.

1914 - WWI

World War I, Troop were called up to enlist. Many Indian people from Standing Rock enlisted even though they were not legally United States citizens.
Richard Blue Earth of Cannon Ball ND was the first North Dakota Indian to enlist. Albert Grass from Cannon Ball, ND died in the war.

1923 - Marcellus Red Tomahawk

1923:
A uniform system for numbering and marking state highways was developed with the profile of Sioux leader Marcellus Red Tomahawk. His profile was designated as the state highway symbol. His profile is on all State Patrol Cars

1917 - Shield ND granted citizenship

Shield ND granted 350 Indian people citizenship. At the ceremony men were given an arrow and women received a leather pounch containing a coin purse. Both were given a badge to wear proclaiming the fact that they were citizens of the United States. Several weeks later, tax statements were sent out to the new citizens. Most unable to pay and so they lost their land.

1924, June 2 - U.S. Citizenship granted to all Indians

Twenty five years after being assigned an allotment those families showing competence in managing their own affairs were given clear title to the land and citizenship in the U.S. The Department of the Interior devised a " Ritual on Admission of Indians to full American Citizenship" in which Indians shot off a last arrow, denounced their Indian ways and pledge to "live the life of a whiteman or white woman". The people of Standing Rock though under many cultural stresses, continued to organize along more traditional patterns. Until World War I, were many Standing Rock soldier enlisted in the Arm services. Richard Blue Earth was the first North Dakota Indian to enlist. In 1919 all Indians who served in the Arm forces were franted citizenship. On 1924 all remaining Indians were made citizens of the United States. By the act of June 2, 1924 (43 Stat. 253, ante, 420), Congress conferred citizenship upon all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States. The text of the act follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property. Indians who are otherwise eligible to vote may not be denied that right because of their race. Their right in this respect is protected by the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which says: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The United State passed the Snyder Act which conferred citizenship on all Indians. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol4/html_files/v4p1165.html