Black Hills, White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States, 1775 to the Present - Softcover

Lazarus, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803279876 ISBN 13: 9780803279872

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1999

Synopsis

Black Hills/White Justice tells of the longest active legal battle in United States history: the century-long effort by the Sioux nations to receive compensation for the seizure of the Black Hills. Edward Lazarus, son of one of the lawyers involved in the case, traces the tangled web of laws, wars, and treaties that led to the wresting of the Black Hills from the Sioux and their subsequent efforts to receive compensation for the loss. His account covers the Sioux nations’ success in winning the largest financial award ever offered to an Indian tribe and their decision to turn it down and demand nothing less than the return of the land.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A landmark history in the spirit of Son of the Morning Star documenting the tragic relations between the Sioux Indians and the U.S. government.

About the Author:

Edward Lazarus is the author of Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles inside the Supreme Court. He lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0803279876
• ISBN 13: 9780803279872
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492