The land was taken after the treaty of 1868 was broken, somebody on the campaign site asked how the land came to be privately owned, the answer is:
After the treaty of 1868 was violated by the US Government, they then passed new laws (Dawes Act), again violating their own laws, and parcelling out the Great Sioux Nation into allotments. Each Sioux (Lakota) head of household (men) was designated 160 acres and orphans or those under 18yo were designated 40 – 80 acres. The remainder of land was opened up to settlers to purchase, especially in the Black Hills where Custer’s expedition had found gold.
Here is a newspaper ad from 1911 (scroll down) http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/course_notes/concepts/histories/propaganda_machine.htm
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Date: 2012-08-20 05:15 pm (UTC)The land was taken after the treaty of 1868 was broken, somebody on the campaign site asked how the land came to be privately owned, the answer is:
After the treaty of 1868 was violated by the US Government, they then passed new laws (Dawes Act), again violating their own laws, and parcelling out the Great Sioux Nation into allotments. Each Sioux (Lakota) head of household (men) was designated 160 acres and orphans or those under 18yo were designated 40 – 80 acres. The remainder of land was opened up to settlers to purchase, especially in the Black Hills where Custer’s expedition had found gold.
Here is a newspaper ad from 1911 (scroll down) http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/course_notes/concepts/histories/propaganda_machine.htm