An Agreement Between Cultures

An Agreement Between Cultures (HM2AB6)

Location: Custer, SD 57730 Custer County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 46.221', W 103° 31.761'

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The Fort Laramie Treaty Created the Great Sioux Reservation

Cultural conflicts erupted across the western Great Plains during the 1860s. Expanding railroads and frontier posts located in traditional hunting grounds impacted the various tribes in the northern plains. Restrictions on westward settlement disturbed the government. Without a compromise, war was certain to occur.
A treaty commission began talks in April 1868 at Fort Laramie (Wyoming). With 17 articles of agreements and political pressure, the first chiefs signed the treaty on April 29. Other chiefs consented throughout the year, with the final signing on November 26. The Senate approved the treaty, and President Andrew Johnson declared it effective in February 1869. This agreement temporarily halted frontier clashes.

The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty created a 26 million-acre reservation for the "absolute and undisturbed use and occupation" of the Sioux bands. Named the Great Sioux Reservation, it included land west of the Missouri River (North and South Dakota), north of the North Platte River (Nebraska), and east of the Bighorn Mountains (Wyoming and Montana).

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HM Number	HM2AB6
Tags	US Indian War, Early Settlers, Native Americans, Exploration
Placed By	Custer State Park, South Dakota
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Monday, August 13th, 2018 at 10:03am PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	13T E 618362 N 4847417
Decimal Degrees	43.77035000, -103.52935000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 43° 46.221', W 103° 31.761'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	43° 46' 13.26" N, 103° 31' 45.66" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	605
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal Address	At or near 25073 US-16 Scenic, Custer SD 57730, US
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