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. The first Fort Laramie treaty,
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
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The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota pe
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man, c. 1831 – December 15, 1890.
Chief Black Tail Deer and his family at the 1904 World's Fair
Thiyóšpaye at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, c. 1890
Ledger artwork by Lakota artist Black Hawk representing a heyókȟa, (dreamer of a Wakíŋyaŋ, thunder being), c.1880