Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
The Treaty of Fort Laramie is an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, following the failure of the first Fort Laramie treaty, signed in 1851.
General William T. Sherman (third from left) and Commissioners in council with chiefs and headmen, Fort Laramie, 1868
Front page of 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, from the US National Archives
One of the signature pages from the treaty, including X marks for the tribal leaders, as a substitute for signed names
Fort Laramie Treaty (1851). Definition of Crow territory west of Powder River enlarged
The Oglala are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States.
Sarah Eagle Heart (Oglala Lakota), Emmy-award winning producer, author, and activist
The Wake Singers, band of Oglala Lakota musicians
American Horse "The Younger"
Ola Mildred Rexroat, the only Native American pilot in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
