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[[Image:Black hills from space.jpg|frame|The Black Hills, [[South Dakota]], [[United States]] image from space.]]'''The Black Hills Land Claim''' is an ongoing land dispute between Native Americans from the Sioux nation and the United States Federal Government.

== Background ==
=== Geography ===
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On October 17, 1979 Solicitor General Wade McCree of the Justice Department sent an appeal to the United States Supreme Court over the initial ruling by the Court of Claims and on November 21, 1979 the Supreme Court set a date to review the claim and on December 10, the appeal was granted.<ref name="L379">Lazarus, ''Black Hills/White Justice'', 378-379.</ref>

=== 1980 ===

{{main|United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians}}⏎
The Supreme Court case ''[[United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians]]'' was argued on March 24, 1980.<ref name="USSC1">''United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians'', 448 U.S. 371 (1980), http://campus.westlaw.com.</ref>  On June 30, 1980 the United States Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 majority to uphold the United States Court of Claims’ initial ruling, awarding the Sioux nation $106 million, which resulted in the largest sum ever given to an Indian tribe for illegally seized territory.<ref name="USSC1" /> 

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[[Category:Black Hills]]
[[Category:Lakota]]
[[Category:Internal territorial disputes of the United States]]
[[Category:Native American tribes in South Dakota]]
[[Category:Native American tribes in Wyoming]]
[[Category:Aboriginal title in the United States]]