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Teddy Roosevelt: “By virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ceded…”

On the recordJune 1, 1904
By virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ceded by the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of the Sioux tribe of Indians.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 530—Partial Opening of Lands of the Sisseton, Wahpeton and Cut-Head Bands of the Sioux Indian Tribe

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