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Ben Harrison: “That protection is guaranteed to such Indians as may have taken allotments either within or without the said separate…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1890
That protection is guaranteed to such Indians as may have taken allotments either within or without the said separate reservations under the provisions of the treaty with the Great Sioux Nation concluded April 29, 1868.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 295—Sioux Nation of Indians

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