Mitchell Hamline School of Law Mitchell Hamline Open Access Faculty Scholarship 2005 Re-Establishing the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building a Legal Rationale from Current International Law Angelique EagleWoman Follow this and additional works at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/facsch Part of the Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Publication Information 29 American Indian Law Review 239 (2005) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Mitchell Hamline Open Access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Mitchell Hamline Open Access. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Re-Establishing the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building a Legal Rationale from Current International Law Abstract This article examines one tribal nation as an example of the many land loss issues facing Tribes at present. Through the example of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate history of treaties, agreements, land cessions, and finally a ederf al ruling of reservation disestablishment, the policies of the United States regarding Indian lands will be shown. To reestablish the territorial boundaries of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, federal recognition is necessary in the United States. International law principles from the United Nations, the International Labor Organization, and the Organization of American States may provide legal support for the re-recognition of the reservation boundaries. Keywords Tribal Lands, Sovereignty, Indigenous, International Law Disciplines Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | International Law RE-ESTABLISHING THE SISSETON-WAHPETON OYATE'S RESERVATION BOUNDARIES: BUILDING A LEGAL RATIONALE FROM CURRENT INTERNATIONAL LAW Angelique A.