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Effects of the gold rush in the Dakota Hills on the Lakota Sioux people
An exploration of the gold rush and its effects on the Lakota Sioux people. A story unfolds of bad faith, broken treaties, greed and violence. The betrayal of the Oglala Lakota people is described and the infamous General Custer is introduced, along with the initial incursion by miners into the Black Hills.
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