Video: American Indian Rights and Treaties - The Story of the 1868 Treaty of Laramie, Duration: 22:35

Video: American Indian Rights and Treaties - The Story of the 1868 Treaty of Laramie, Duration: 22:35

10/18/2016

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Insider Exclusive's Youtube Channel features a 2016 video that provides an account of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, and how it is being utilized 148 years later in a court case involving the deaths of two Sioux, Robert Whirlwind Horse and Calonnie Randall. The account discusses the racism faced by Native Americans in the United States and the importance of treaties in protecting members of reservations in legal battles.


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