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The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, Never Honored by the United States, Goes on Public View
Crazy Horse (Oglala and Mnicoujou Lakota) The Treaty of Fort Laramie was born of war on the northern plains. Led by Chief Red Cloud, the Sioux and their Cheyenne and Arapaho allies defeated U.S ...
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A Brief Balance of Power—The 1778 Treaty with the Delaware Nation
The next treaty to go on display will be the Treaty with the Sioux and Arapaho negotiated at Fort Laramie in 1868. For more information on U.S.–American Indian treaties and other American Indian ...
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Black Hills Expedition of 1874
In the Dakota Territory in April of 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie granted the Sioux nation ownership of the Black Hills, which were considered sacred grounds for the Sioux (also known as the ...
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Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
He advanced a policy of peace. Grant also abided by the provisions of the second Fort Laramie Treaty, which gave the Lakota Sioux possession of much of Montana, Wyoming, and what is now South Dakota.