Sitting Bull College chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives. SBC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. SBC generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means accessing education beyond the high school level. Sitting Bull College Sitting Bull College is a tribal college in Fort Yates, North Dakota. It was founded in 1973 by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of the Standing Rock reservation in south-central North Dakota. The Standing Rock Indian Reservation consists of a land base of 2.8 million
South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc., 476 U.S. 498 (1986), is an important U.S. Supreme Court precedent for aboriginal title in the United States decided in the wake of "County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State" (Oneida II) (1985). Distinguishing "Oneida II", the Court held that federal policy did not preclude the application of a state statute of limitations to the land claim of a tribe that had been terminated, such as the Catawba tribe. The Court remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth