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American Indian Treaties:
A Simulation on Conflict, Power, and National Sovereignty By Lisa Spengler
Sovereign nations make treaties and treaties have enduring
consequences. In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the United States guaranteed the Black
Hills of South Dakota as Lakota country but took them away in 1877 after gold was
discovered there. In 1980, the Supreme Court awarded $17 million in compensation for the
wrongful taking, but the Lakota rejected the award saying they wanted the land returned
instead. Hear a crowd of 6,000 Lakota discussed their claim with their attorney under a
shade arbor made of pine boughs, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, Flag Day, June 14,
1923. Marquette University Libraries Special Collections and courtesy Jesuit Midwest
Provinces. |
