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Sioux Seek Huge Damages Over Black Hills Claim
The Sioux have filed suit against the United States in the Court of Claims seeking nearly 220 thousand dollars plus interest, totaling around 750 million, claiming the Black Hills were seized in violation of treaty. The piece traces treaties from 1851 to 1876, Red Cloud and Sitting Bull figures, gold rush pressure, and the shift from war to legal battle as the path to redress.
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United States Court of Claims
War Club
Lance
Great Dakota
United States
Hinds
Uncle Sam
Black Hills
South Dakota
Fort Laramie
American Fur Company
Laramie
Jim Bridger
Kit Carson
Oregon Trail
California
William S. Harney
Ash Hollow
Neb
Fort Pierre
Spotted Tall
Overland Stage Line
Pacific Telegraph
Hlarney
trans-Missouri
Montana
Idaho
Congress
Bozafian
Mont
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Buffalo Range
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
H. B. Carrington
Fort Phil Kearney
Fort C. ¥. Smith
Fort Reno
Missouri River
Platte River
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yellowstone River
Sitting Bull
Phil Sheridan
Department of the Missouri
Pacific
G. A. Custer
Custer
Sheridan
Walter P. Jenney
White River
Custer City
Gall
Crazy Horse
Powder River
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
War Department
Little Big Horn
Crook
Terry
Miles
Mackenzie
Canada
Dakotas
North
Buffalo Country
Powder
Yellowstone
American Horse