The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 (also known as the Black Hills War) was a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States between 1876 and 1877.
By the late 18th century, the growing Lakota tribe had begun expanding its territory west of the Missouri River. They pushed out the Kiowa and formed alliances with the Cheyenne and Arapaho to gain control of the rich buffalo hunting grounds of the northern ...
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The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 (also known as the Black Hills War) was a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States between 1876 and 1877.
By the late 18th century, the growing Lakota tribe had begun expanding its territory west of the Missouri River. They pushed out the Kiowa and formed alliances with the Cheyenne and Arapaho to gain control of the rich buffalo hunting grounds of the northern Great Plains. The Black Hills, located in present-day western South Dakota, became an important source to the Lakota for lodge poles, plant resources and small game. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, signed with the US by Lakota leaders following Red Cloud's War, set aside a portion of the Lakota territory as the Great Sioux Reservation, to include the Black Hills region, for their exclusive use.
Growing US presence in Dakota Territory, however, created increased friction between the federal government and the Lakota. By 1872, territorial...
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