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Return federally-held land that was wrongfully taken from the Lakota Sioux.

Created by J.E. on September 09, 2013

In 1868, the United States promised the Black Hills to the Lakota (commonly known as the Sioux). In 1877, after finding gold in the hills, the United States broke its promise and forced the Lakota from their home. The Sioux Tribes have been fighting to get their ancestral lands back ever since.

Read a history of this struggle at honorthetreaty.us. Sign this petition and urge the White House to act on one of America's longest-standing, and most shameful, wrongs.

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