continued throughout 1954. Although the Prairie Island and Lower Sioux communities drafted agreements to divide communal lands into plots with individual land ownership, the Upper Sioux strongly opposed tribal lands being divided under fee-simple title. On 26 January 1955, US Senator Edward Thye introduced a bill (S704) to provide for termination of the named tribes. In addition to resistance within the tribes, non-Native American residents of the area opposed termination, as they realized state expenditures might increase to accommodate services to those who would be classified as new residents, and they expressed their opposition to the committee reviewing the bill. The Minnesota Governor's Commission on Human Rights also opposed the legislation, indicating that it would "not adequately protect the interests of the Indians..." The bill died in committee, never reaching the Senate floor. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the reservation and associated off-reservation trust land have a combined area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics As of the census of 2020, the combined population of Upper Sioux Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 120. The population density was . There were 49 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the reservation and off-reservation trust land was 68.3% Native American, 8.3% White, 2.5% Black or African American, 0.8% from other races, and 20.0% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 4.2% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The 2020 census results may be inaccurate for locations like the Upper Sioux Community owing to the Census Bureau's implementation of differential privacy protections. Notable members Waziyatawin (Angela Wilson), Dakota author,professor and activist from Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) See also Sioux Agency Township, Minnesota Lower Sioux Indian Reservation Upper Sioux Agency State Park Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Notes References Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota United States Census Bureau External links Upper Sioux Community tribal government website Upper Sioux--Pezihutazizi Kapi, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council American Indian reservations in Minnesota Native American tribes in Minnesota Federally recognized tribes in the United States Populated places in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota 1938 establishments in Minnesota