Arts Aug 24 Why the Sioux Are Refusing $1.3 Billion Members of the Great Sioux Nation could pocket a large sum set aside by the government for taking the resource-rich Black Hills away from the tribes in 1877. But leaders say the sacred land was never, and still isn't, for…
Arts Aug 24 Watch 7:38 For Great Sioux Nation, Black Hills Can’t Be Bought for $1.3 Billion Nine Sioux tribes have been locked in a land dispute since 1877, when the government broke a treaty setting aside the Black Hills as part of their reservation. However, there is a chance that the Great Sioux Nation's long struggle… By Mike Fritz, Hari Sreenivasan