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50-Year Sioux Fight Over Fort Laramie Treaties
The Sioux have pressed in court since 1923 to reclaim lands taken under 19th century treaties with the United States In a history spanning Fort Laramie 1851 and 1868 the government pledged vast hunting grounds and protection while white expansion eroded those rights. Despite commissions and Congress actions most of the land remains unresolved with potential compensation if legal appeals succeed.
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Wounded Knee
Don McLeod
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
United States
S.C
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Kansas
Fort Laramie
Wyo
California
Bozeman
Helena
Virginia City
Congress
Bozeman Trail
Red Cloud
Fort Randall
Pierre
Missouri River
Missouri
Laramie
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Black Hills
George Armstrong Custer
Grant
Secretary of the Interior
Philip Sheridan
Custer
Great Reservation