Black Hills/White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States, 1775 to the Present. (book reviews)

I remember the first time I heard about the decision in United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians. I was in my office when one of my Sioux students ran in to say, "We have won." Excitedly, he related the Black Hills decision and the $106 million award in monetary damages. I asked if there was any dissenting votes and he replied "Renquist," meaning Justice Renquist whose lone dissent described the entire episode as an effort at "revisionist" history.

Later, the same student would joyously announce that his tribe (Fort Peck Sioux) had joined with all the ...

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