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> 1875 - Black Hills gold rush
1875 - Black Hills gold rush
White prospector rushed into the Black Hills in defiances of treaties with Sioux in which the federal government recognized this territory as the Indian's aboriginal homeland.
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1820s - Federal trust doctrine
1851 - Treaty Council at Horse Creek
1862 - Trouble wth the Sioux
1867 - Great Peace Commission looks for war
1868 - Custer returns to cavalry
1871 - Congress ends treaty system
1876 - America's Centennial Celebration
1876 - Wild Bill Hickok shot
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1876 - June 25, Battle of the Little Bighorn
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1800s - Usufructory rights
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