Black Hills White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States, 1775 to the Present

Black Hills White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States, 1775 to the Present
ISBN-10
0803279876
ISBN-13
9780803279872
Category
History
Pages
492
Language
English
Published
1999-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Edward Lazarus

Description

Black Hills/White Justice tells of the longest active legal battle in United States history: the century-long effort by the Sioux nations to receive compensation for the seizure of the Black Hills. Edward Lazarus, son of one of the lawyers involved in the case, traces the tangled web of laws, wars, and treaties that led to the wresting of the Black Hills from the Sioux and their subsequent efforts to receive compensation for the loss. His account covers the Sioux nations? success in winning the largest financial award ever offered to an Indian tribe and their decision to turn it down and demand nothing less than the return of the land.

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