Receipt of stolen property: The United States government's theft of the Black Hills and the Sioux Nation's effort to reclaim them
by Doctor, Jesse Sibley, M.A., SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY, 2011, 103 pages; 1502371

Abstract:

The Black Hills land claim is an ongoing issue between the United States government and the Sioux Nation of Indians. The Sioux were promised permanent title to the Black Hills in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. When the majority of the Sioux refused to make further land cessions, the government illegally seized the Black Hills with the 1877 Manypenny Agreement. In 1920, the Sioux Nation went to the Court of Claims to receive compensation for the seized land, which was ultimately achieved in a 1980 Supreme Court case. However, the Sioux rejected the compensation; they wanted the return of their land. The United States government's stance is that the 1980 decision ended the dispute and that the Black Hills are federal property. This present research intends to prove that the Sioux maintain the only legitimate title to the Black Hills.
 
AdviserSamuel C. Hyde, Jr.
SchoolSOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 50-03, p. , Dec 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican history; Law; Native American studies
Publication Number1502371
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