THE DIMINISHMENT OF THE GREAT SIOUX RESERVATION TREATIES, TRICKS, AND TIME

• Main Authors: Neville, Alan L., Anderson, Alyssa Kaye
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2013
• Subjects: American Indian reservations; Dawes Act; fractionation; Homestead Act; Lakota Sioux; treaties; American Studies; Cultural History; History; United States History; Indian; Homestead; Nakota
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/2556; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/greatplainsquarterly/article/3568/viewcontent/Anderson.pdf

Historically, Indian-white relations have been marred by mistrust and dishonesty. This is especially true in numerous land dealings between the United States government and the Lakota/ Dakota/Nakota people of the northern Great Plains. Indeed, the U.S. Supreme Court noted, "A more ripe and rank...