Lakota People

Congress Seizes Black Hills With Only 10% Sioux Consent, Violating Fort Laramie Treaty Requirement for 75% Approval

1877-02-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Congress passes the Act of February 28, 1877, implementing an “agreement” signed by only 10 percent of adult male Sioux—far below the three-fourths (75%) threshold explicitly required by the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty for any cession of reservation lands. The Act strips over 7 million …

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Fort Laramie Treaty Guarantees Black Hills to Sioux in Perpetuity - Later Violated for Gold Rush

1868-04-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The United States Government and the Sioux Nation sign the Fort Laramie Treaty, establishing the Great Sioux Reservation and guaranteeing the Sioux “absolute and undisturbed use and occupancy” of all present-day South Dakota west of the Missouri River, including the sacred Black Hills …

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