In the 1870s, when gold was discovered in the Blacks Hills, the federal government first tried to

After gold was discovered in the Black Hills, the U.S. government sought to acquire the land from the Sioux, whose treaty rights recognized it as their territory. The government first tried to buy the Black Hills, but the Sioux refused to sell. The correct choice is “buy the territory from the American Indians.”

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