Tall Prairie Chicken Creek is a tributary of the Missouri River, located in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States, in the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. [1]
Tall Prairie Chicken Creek has the name of Tall Prairie Chicken, a member of the Sioux tribe. [2] The name possibly refers to a Miniconjou man named Xiyo-hanska (Tall Prairie Chicken), who signed the Agreement of 1877 annexing Sioux territory after the Great Sioux War of 1876. [3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tall Prairie Chicken Creek
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 64.
- ^ "Agreement with the Sioux, Arapaho, and Northern Cheyenne, 1876". treaties.okstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
44°51′34″N 100°41′22″W / 44.85944°N 100.68944°W
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Tall Prairie Chicken Creek is a tributary of the Missouri River, located in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States, in the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. [1]
Tall Prairie Chicken Creek has the name of Tall Prairie Chicken, a member of the Sioux tribe. [2] The name possibly refers to a Miniconjou man named Xiyo-hanska (Tall Prairie Chicken), who signed the Agreement of 1877 annexing Sioux territory after the Great Sioux War of 1876. [3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tall Prairie Chicken Creek
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 64.
- ^ "Agreement with the Sioux, Arapaho, and Northern Cheyenne, 1876". treaties.okstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
44°51′34″N 100°41′22″W / 44.85944°N 100.68944°W
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