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Thread #146551 Message #3393533
Posted By: maeve
22-Aug-12 - 07:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Urgent! Save Pe'Sla - Sacred Sioux Site
Subject: RE: BS: Urgent! Save Pe'Sla - Sacred Sioux Site
From Stim's link: "The Sioux Nation was awarded approximately $17.1 million in 1974 by the Indian Claims Commission for the illegal annexation of the Black Hills. The sum reached $106 million when the value of gold taken from the hills was considered.
The claim was later argued before the Supreme Court in 1980 and upheld, awarding the Sioux Nation $106 million. This sum, with interest, was up to over $570 million in 2010. It is now believed to be close to $1 billion."