appointed by Sibley as Chief of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in 1866. His people seconded Sibley's appointment a year later by declaring Renville chief-for-life. His tenure as chief saw the creation and settlement of his people on the Lake Traverse Reservation. He is buried atop a bluff near Old Agency, South Dakota. References Further reading Gary Clayton Anderson, Gabriel Renville: From the Dakota War to the Creation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, 1825-1892 (Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2018). Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R. Woolworth, ed., Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1988). Native American leaders 1825 births 1892 deaths People from Sisseton, South Dakota Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate people Dakota War of 1862