Senator Daschle Can Help Sioux Resolve Land Dispute

June 6, 2001

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

On June 6, 2001, St. Paul Pioneer Press published an opinion piece by Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota, about Senator Tom Daschle and the issue of the Black Hills settlement in South Dakota. "The one issue at the top of the agenda of all tribal leaders in this region is the Black Hills settlement." For decades, the tribes of the Great Sioux Nation have refused monetary compensation in the place of the land. "As one of the most powerful politicians in America, perhaps it is finally time Daschle helped to resolve this...most serious issue."