Legacy and Honors
- In 1867 he was appointed to the board of visitors to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
- He was also president of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, and president of the Board of Indian Commissioners from 1875–1876.
- He was awarded an honorary LL.D. from the College of New Jersey (later known as Princeton University), in 1888.
- Sibley was memorialized in numerous place names, including: Sibley County, Minnesota, Sibley, North Dakota, Sibley, Iowa, Hastings, Minnesota, Sibley State Park, and Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
He died in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 18, 1891, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul.
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