Tin-iyo-ta-ke Sits in Lodge (aka: Sits in It) Win

Sits In It was a Dakota Sioux woman of the Lower Brule Ganktinai (Yanktonai) Sioux Tribe (Kul Wicasa Oyate) Western Dakota Band from the Crow Creek Reservation

Eastern Dakota people are comprised of four groups: The Bdewakantunwan (Mdewakanton), Wahpetunwan (Wahpeton), Wahpekute, and Sissitunwan (Sisseton) people form what is known as the Isanti (Santee).

Western Dakota people are comprised of three groups: the Yanktonai and Yankton (who identify as both Dakota and Nakota) and the Teton (Lakota).

These seven Tribes combined to form The Oceti Sakowin Oyate (People of Seven Council Fires, known to some as the Sioux Nation) and are linguistically related peoples who speak three different dialects - Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota - of the same language.

The territory of various Sioux tribes

In 1889, the United States reclaimed 7.7 million acres of the Sioux's sacred Black Hills and randomly assigned Sioux families to live on the Crow Creek Reservation, splitting up many extended families. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe consists of the members of the Isanti and Ihanktowan divisions of the Great Sioux Nation.

The reservation was established in 1863 and is primarily made up of descendants of the Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe of south and central present-day Minnesota, as well as the Isanti and Ihanktowan Bands of the Black Hills Sioux. The Mdewakanton were expelled from Minnesota, along with the Santee Dakota Tribe and Ho-Chunk Nation after all reservations in the southern part of that state were abolished in December 1862 following the Dakota War.

Photo courtesy of South Dakota State Historical Society

Some Yankton and lower Yanktonai Dakota also reside on the reservation.
The Crow Creek Reservation is located on the east bank of the Missouri River directly across from the Lower Brule Reservation on the west bank.

Biography:
Sits in It, aka Sets in Lodge, was born c. 1846. Her parents are unknown. She appears to have been married twice having had children with each man although the names of the men are unknown.

According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, the date Sits-in-It was admitted to the Canton Asylum is unknown, but based on census reports, she would have been admitted after June 30, 1920. She is not included in any Canton Asylum census reports, her last listing in an Indian census report was June 30, 1920. It is known that she died in the Canton ASylum on January 22, 1921, at age 75 = b.c. 1846.

According to the letter from Dr. L.L. Culp to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated February 17, 1934, Sits-in-It was buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery tier 6 plot 35. According to FaG she was buried January 26, 1921.

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

Research Notes:
-Date of death on Jan 22, 1921, both FaG and HMDB show Jan 26, 1921, the date of burial as date of death. Date of death used from Vanished in Hiawatha
-I've concluded that there is a person of the same name Sits on It, of the same time and place, who resided on the Pine Ridge Reservation, who has children and grandchildren but who is NOT this profile. She has an aka of Timahel Yanka (Sits on It) as opposed to Ti-Yo-Yom-Ke (Sit in It). The telling difference is the jurisdiction, the Crow Creek Agency vs. the Pine Ridge Agency.

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Sources:

1886 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68SK-D6NJ : Fri Oct 06 09:58:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1886, pg. 140/835, line 107, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory

1887 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68S6-FB6R : Fri Oct 06 01:21:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1887, pg. 195/835, line 111, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory

1891 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68SF-32WC : Thu Oct 05 15:28:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1891, pg. 626/835, line 109, census of the Crow Creek Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, So. Dakota

1892 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68SN-Q44M : Fri Oct 06 14:06:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1892, pg. 762/835, line 113, census of the Lower Brule Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. Dak.

1893 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668D-LBV1 : Fri Oct 06 08:08:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1893, pg. 60/717, line 109 (Sits in Lodge with son Long Standing), census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. Dak.

1893 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6688-YYHQ : Fri Oct 06 21:20:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1893, pg. 13/717, line 110 (Sits in Lodge with son Long Standing), census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. Dak.

1898 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668N-ZWD6 : Wed Oct 04 22:19:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1898, pg. 452/717, line N/A (Widow living alone at age 52), census of the Lower Yanktaonai Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1899 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6687-YG8Z : Wed Oct 04 16:52:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1899, pg. 502/717, line xx, census of the Lower Yanktaonai Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1900 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6684-P865 : Wed Oct 04 16:47:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1900, pg. 550/717, line 103, census of the Lower Yanktaonai Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1901 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668D-YG6Z : Thu Oct 05 06:59:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1901, pg. 594/717, line 100, census of the Lower Yanktaonai Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1902 Jun 31st - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668D-GFYQ : Fri Oct 06 03:43:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1902, pg. 619/717, line 105, census of the Lower Yanktonai Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1904 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668N-NHJT : Fri Oct 06 06:56:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1904, pg. 668/717, line 105, census of the Lower Yanktonai Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1905 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668X-BC5N : Thu Oct 05 00:29:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In Lodge, 1905, pg.692/717, line 113 (Sits in Lodge), census of the Lower Yanktonai Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1906 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSV-7NGY : Sat Oct 07 00:13:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1906, pg, 12/790, line 107, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota.

1907 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSK-LC6X : Thu Oct 05 11:38:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1907, pg. 34/790, line 110 (Widow age 61), census of the Lower Yanktaonai Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1908 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DS7-P83X : Fri Oct 06 22:15:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1908, pg. 57/790, line 120, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1909 Aug 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSG-1TGM : Thu Oct 05 12:15:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1909, pg. 81/790, line 118, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1910 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSP-75MT : Fri Oct 06 08:52:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, 1910, pg. 105/790, line 117, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota

1913 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DS3-Z9H1 : Fri Oct 06 16:49:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, pg. 244/790, line 668, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S.D.

1914 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D95-TLSP : Thu Oct 05 15:50:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, pg. 303/790, line 688, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency

1915 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DS2-TC9R : Thu Oct 05 19:51:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge, pg. 376/790, line 698, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. Dak.

1916 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DS8-RPG2 : Thu Oct 05 18:07:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge or Sits In It, pg. 468/790, line 709 (Widow), census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. Dak.

1917 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D33-WSP9 : Fri Oct 06 05:56:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge or Sits In It, pg. 562/790, line 711, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency, S. D.

1918 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSW-MCYJ : Thu Oct 05 20:51:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Sets In Lodge or Sits In It, pg. 640/790, line 715, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency,

1919 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSG-NB82 : Thu Oct 05 21:58:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Sat In Lodge or Sits In It, pg. 706/790, line 695, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency

1920 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSG-GKZ1 : Tue Oct 03 13:13:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Sits In It Set In Lodge, pg. 771/790, line 696, census of the Lower Yakatoni Sioux Indians, Crow Creek Agency,

1921 Jan 22 - "South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CY84-NZZM : Fri Dec 15 05:28:46 UTC 2023), Entry for In-It Sits, no image

1921 Jan 26 - "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-QB6N : 27 July 2019), Sits In It, 1921; Burial, Canton, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States of America, Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery; citing record ID 14493698, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. (Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493698/sits-in_it: accessed ), memorial page for Sits In It (unknown–26 Jan 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493698, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).)

1921 Jan 26 - 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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