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5 Great Plains Nat. Resources J. 40 Great Plains Natural Resources Journal Spring/Summer, 2001. Lead Article RESCUING PAHA SAPA: ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BY RESTORING THE GREAT GRASSLANDS AND RETURNING THE SACRED BLACK HILLS TO THE GREAT SIOUX NATION John P. La Velle

oThis journal article, by John LaVelle, who is an enrolled member of the Sioux Nation, and a law professor and director of the Indian Law program at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Mr. LaVelle is a legal expert and well authored professor on Federal Indian Law. This publication addresses the need to return the Black Hills, SD region back to the Sioux Nation. The monetary award, which is held in trust and now valued at over 500 million dollars, is not thought to be the right remedy by the Sioux. The Sioux nation want their land back, and Professor LaVelle, authors this article discussing the complex history of the dispute and the legal foundations for restoring title of the Black Hills to the Sioux.

Black Hills, White Justice: The Sioux Nation versus the United States. 1775 To The Present., By Eddward Lazarus. (1991)

oThis is book written by Yale Law School graduate Edward Lazarus. He is a former clerk for Justice Blackmun in the United States Supreme Court, and is currently the Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission. Edwards father, Arthur Lazarus, was the lead attorney for the Sioux Nation in the landmark United States v. Sioux Nation Supreme Court case. In this book, Lazarus explores the details of the events leading up to the case, including broken treatises, and how this became the longest running dispute in U.S. history, lasting 57 years. This book provides an essential insight into the case, with someone with first-hand knowledge of the Sioux’s legal tactics.