NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

LEGALITY:
Treaty Links
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Fort Laramie Treaty
Treaties on line
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http://www.dickshovel.com/Lakotadeclaration.html
http://www.dickshovel.com/1868.html
Dawes allotment full text

Treaty of 1868, April 29, 1868, top of page 1
The Black Hills of Dakota are sacred to the Sioux Indians. In the 1868 treaty, signed at Fort Laramie and other military posts in Sioux country, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people. However, after the discovery of gold there in 1874, the United States confiscated the land in 1877. To this day, ownership of the Black Hills remains the subject of a legal dispute between the U.S. government and the Sioux.

ARTICLE II.

         The United States agrees that the following
district of country, to wit, viz:
    commencing on the east bank of the Missouri river where
the 46th parallel of north latitude crosses the same, thence along low-water mark down said east  bank to a point opposite where the northern line of the State of Nebraska strikes the river, thence west across said river, and along the northern line of Nebraska to the 104th degree of longitude west from Greenwich,
thence north on said meridian to a point where the 46th parallel of north latitude intercepts the same, thence due east along said parallel to the place of beginning; and in addition thereto, all existing reservations of the east back of said river, shall be and the same is, set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons, except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employees of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, or in such territory as may be added to this reservation for the use of said Indians, and henceforth they will and do hereby relinquish all claims or right in and to any portion of the United States or Territories, except such as is embraced within the limits aforesaid, and except as hereinafter provided.

    La Framboise Island Occupation:
Information and Updates on Laframbois Island Protest - Pierre SD

Archival Resources
**Committee Against the Mitigation Act - Porcupine SDChristian Peacemaker Teams - Chicago Ill
Jul 20   ICT Article on the Occupation of La Framboise Island
Aug 8, 1999 Harassed by an Uninformed Press
Aug 19         Indians to Stay
(out of town Aug 19 - Sep1)
Article on Occupation
 Welcomed in Washington