Timeline Wednesday 29 April 1868

Events on Wednesday 29 April 1868 1

• 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie US-Sioux treaty establishes the Great Sioux Reservation The United States government and Lakota Sioux leaders signed a treaty establishing the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and guaranteeing Sioux hunting rights in surrounding territory. It ended Red Cloud's War over the Bozeman Trail forts. The treaty was later violated after gold was found in the Black Hills.