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go-.:lTlllIIl'lItIIIcourtforbreakingth e o ldtreaties.
The Siou x ,(orexample.demandedtheretu rnofthe
Black I li lls. TIll' courts decidedIIIth eirtJSOTand
awarde dth em$1 22 .5m illio nin com pensat io ntor
rhvlossofrhcir land.Man ySioux d idnor wanr to
;lCCeptth emoney.however.Theyconti nuedto
d em an dthereturnofrhcs.rcr,-dLIn d itself.
Whe nhew asa very old11I311,Jsurvivo rofth e Hartle
o f Wo un d edKne e namedBIJ('kElk saidg oo d byeto
theol d w ayotlifco f h is peoplew it h th esewords:
" I didnot kno wthenho wmuchwasen ded. When
[ loo kbackno wfromthishig h hillofIllyo ld age,I
canstillseeth e b utcheredWOl11('1Iand ch ild ren lyin g
heapedandscatteredall along the cro o ked gulch as
plainaswhenI sawrheinw ith('y('sstillyoung.And I
can secthatsOllll·th lllgelsed iedthere in th e blo o d y
mud. an dw asburiedill theb lizzard. A peo ple' s
dreamdied there.Itw asa beaut ifuld ream."
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Amer ind ian sto dayhavedifferentdreams.li mthcv
havenotforgcncnthe oldOIil' S .Letth e college -
ed ucatedgreat-grandsonofafamousApachew ar r ror
h an - th e last word:
"Mygenerationspent all theirtimelearning the
wh i teIIIJIl' Sways.\Vem aster,..d rhcmb utwelostJ
lo tofo urInd ianheritag e.N o w\VCarcrrym gto
reg3inw hat welo s t. "