Minnesota

Constitution and Bylaws of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota. Approved June 20, 1936. Washington: Government Printing Office [for Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs], 1936

8vo (230 x 147 mm). Title-page with vignette of the seal of the Depar⛦tment of the Interior; a few tiny chips and dampstains to margin. In original printed buff wrappers; front wrapper with accession information, lightly creased and browned at fore-edge, creased at upper corner, separating at foot. In quarter red morocco slipcase, with folding chemise.

The official printing of the constitution of the Prairie Island Indian Community. The Mdewakanton Sioux reservation, known in Dakota as Tinta Winta, was initially established in 1889. The federal government did not officially recognize the reservation until 1936, 47 years after&nb🙈sp;Mdewakanton families began re-settling. The constitution includes articles addressing the territory, land assignments, elections, the powers of 🔯the Community Council, and more.