TIL In 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux nations $122 million for the Black Hills, a settlement the tribes have refused on the grounds that acceptance would extinguish their claim to the land,…
TIL In 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux nations $122 million for the Black Hills, a settlement the tribes have refused on the grounds that acceptance would extinguish their claim to the land, leaving the award to accrue interest in a federal account now worth over $1 billion.
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Give them both 🤷♂️
Yeah 1 billion wouldn't even begin to cover the lost wealth from being denied that asset for so long.
Yeah, every drop of gold that's called Black Hills Gold came from the Black Hills that were stolen in violation of the US's treaty with us, which is why the World Court awarded our tribe the money.
at least in part.
(note I am Lakota, I have an active tribal ID and I own land on two different reservations, even though I don't actively live on the reservation)
And that's not even talking about the rest of... the bad stuff
By that I mean horrible, systemic genocide and forced assimilation