Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851

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1980: Supreme Court Decision

After signing the Treaty of Ft. Laramie of 1868, the US government allowed the land of the Black Hills to be taken away from the Sioux Indians of South Dakota. This continued until the Lakota people decided to take action. The Sioux filed suit in 1923, claiming the Black Hills were appropriated without just compensation, violating the 5th Amendment. The case was dismissed and reopened several times. In 1975, the Court of Claims held that "a more ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings will never, in all probability, be found in our history..." The case finally reached the Supreme Court in 1980.

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