Why the Sioux Are Refusing $1.3 Billion

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Published 2011-08-24
Members of the Great Sioux Nation could pocket a large sum set aside by the government for taking the resource-rich Black Hills away from the tribes in 1877. But leaders say the sacred land was never, and still isn't, for sale.

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