This concurrent resolution expresses South Dakota's support for amending the federal Sioux-Dakota Removal Act, a law that removed Dakota people from their ancestral lands in Minnesota following the 1862 conflict and mass execution of Dakota warriors. The resolution does not change state law itself, but rather signals the state legislature's position that the federal government should reconsider this historical removal policy. This is a symbolic measure that asks Congress to address the consequences of 19th-century Indian removal rather than making any direct legal changes.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 34
First Reading House H.J. 10
Tamara St. John
Prime sponsor · Rep.
R
Troy Heinert
Prime sponsor · Sen.
D
Cosponsors
State Affairs — Deferred to the 41st legislative day