Frederick Charging Eagle

Frederick was a Lakota Sioux man of the Lower Brule tribe on the Rosebud Reservation

Lower Brulé (Khúl Wičháša Oyáte, ″Lowland People″, lived along the White River to its mouth at the Missouri River (Mnišóše) as well as in the Missouri River Valley in South Dakota. The name 'Brule' comes from the French word brûlé (burnt), the name French fur traders used for the Sicangu in the late 17th century. The Sicangu was divided into the Lower Brulé and the Heyata Wicasa, or Upper Brulé, in the late 18th century. The Lower Brulé favored lands at the confluence of the White River and the Missouri River, while the Upper Brulé lived further south and west.

In 1963, the Big Bend Dam on the Missouri River was completed by the Army Corps of Engineers. The operation of the dam caused flooding of the Lower Brule community and surrounding bottomlands in the heart of the reservation. The waters inundated miles of roadways and a significant amount of the most productive and fertile farmland of the Reservation; it destroyed most of the Reservation’s native trees, shrubs, and medicinal plants, which were located chiefly along the river bottomlands. By Public Law, the Secretary of the Army was to provide mitigation for such damages, including replacing roads and facilities. The government failed to carry out its obligations under the act.

Biography:
Frederick (aka Fred) Charging Eagle was born in South Dakota between 1876 and 1879 to parents Charging Eagle and Walking (aka Louise). His father Charging Eagle was a signatory to the revised treaty with the Brule Indians on May 3, 1898 edition, signing with his "X" mark.

Fred was admitted to the Canton Asylum on June 25, 1914, with no stated diagnosis.

Fred died September 1, 1918, was buried on September 5, and according to the L.L. Culp ltr. dated February 17, 1934, Frederick Charging Eagle is buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery tier 1 plot 86

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

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1897 Jun 7 - United States, Congress, House of Representatives, Secretary of the Interior, CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH ROSEBUD AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS FOR A CESSION OF LANDS AND MODIFICATION OP EXISTING TREATIES, TOGETHER WITH DRAFTS OF BILLS RELATING THERETO. Subtitle if Given. May 3, 1898 edition, Committee on Indian Affairs, May 3, 1989, 55th US Congress 2nd Session, Document No. 447, pg. 27, line 99 Charging Eagle signed with his "X" mark (this is probably his father b. 1858 named Charging Eagle)

1900 Jun 8 - "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST6-JKC : Thu Oct 05 22:23:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred Charging Eagle and Emily Charging Eagle, 1900, pg. 586/649, census of the Rosebud Indian Agency, Meyer County, South Dakota

1902 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71D5-G2N2 : Tue Oct 03 03:35:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederick Charging Eagle, 1902, pg. 193/665, line 265-267, census of the Brule-Sioux tribe, Rosebud Agency, South Dakota (wife, father and mother)

1904 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W9JR-44MM : Tue Oct 03 17:37:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederick Charging Eagle, 1904, pg. 407/665, line 270, census of the Brule-Siioux tribe, Rosebud Agency, South Dakota

1915 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:765R-5ZZM : Wed Oct 04 01:05:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederick Charging Eagle, 1915, pg. 294/488, line 176, census of the Sioux Indians, Rosebud Indian Agency

1917 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-KYM8 : Fri Oct 06 00:13:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederick Charging Eagle, 1917, pg. 235/459, line 202, census of the Rosebud Indians

1917 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=879, line 6

1918 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKJ-8RHZ : Wed Oct 04 10:50:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederick Charging Eagle, pg. 13/733, line 198, census of the Rosebud Agency, Rosebud, So. Dakota

1918 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=886, line 5

1918 Sep 5 -Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493975/f-c-eagle: accessed 16 January 2024), memorial page for F C Eagle (unknown–5 Sep 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493975, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).

1918 - Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

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