Today begins several days investigating the history of the western plains. The most notable parts of that history, unfortunately, involve greed, betrayal, and warfare. Fort Robinson was a center for much of it. The story of the fort is told in a museum in the original commander’s quarters. Fort Robinson Museum The story starts with a treaty called the Fort Laramie Treaty, signed in 1868. At the time, the Sioux, a group of related tribes, were the most feared Native American group on the plains. They were nomadic hunters and excellent horsemen, who lived hunting buffalo. They agreed to give up the eastern half of what is now North and South Dakota, in return for eternal possession of the url=http://www.ndstud
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