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On the recordFebruary 19, 1904
It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of January 25, 1904, is hereby modified and amended so as to permanently reserve from entry and settlement, and to constitute a part of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order—Pine Ridge School Reservation, South Dakota

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