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The legal struggle for the Black Hills land claim began in the early 1920s under tribal lawyer
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On July 31, 1979, the Sioux were awarded $ 17.5 million with 5 percent interest totaling $ 105 million. However, the victory was short lived. The
Indians residing in the Black Hills feared the notion that if they accept the award their land would be officially sold. This led many Sioux to believe
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Laramie Treaty. In September 1979, Sonosky and Lazarus offered the tribe $ 44 million as a settlement for the violation in 1868, but were met with hostility.
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was argued on March 24, 1980. On June 30, 1980, the United States
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the longest-running case in
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