1876–1877
DispossessionBook sources
Black Hills seizure after gold discoveries
Dakota region; Lakota / Sioux nations
Gold seekers entered treaty-protected land and the United States used military and subsistence pressure to obtain its surrender. The loss violated treaty protections and remained the subject of later litigation.
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Context / qualification
Distinguish 1876 military pressure from the 1877 congressional taking.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 10
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 11