military tried to turn away trespassing miners and settlers. received wide circulation, and had the effect of creating an intense popular demand for the 'opening' of the Hills for settlement. ![]() "Custer's florid descriptions of the mineral and timber resources of the Black Hills, and the land's suitability for grazing and cultivation. His discovery of gold was made public and miners began migrating there illegally. Its mission was to look for suitable locations for a fort, find a route to the southwest, and to investigate the potential for gold mining. Army Black Hills Expedition, which set out on July 2 from Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, with orders to travel to the previously uncharted Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1874 George Armstrong Custer led the U.S. Let's consider what the Lakota Nation has on its website about the Black Hills: A gold mine located in the Black Hills, and she is determined to get some of that gold for herself. See the words "Gold Rush" in the previous sentence? Calamity Jasper is out looking for gold in a gold mine. Look again at page 48 when Calamity tells us she's part Lakota Sioux. ![]() The stereotypes are bad, but there's more.
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