The Sioux never wanted compensation because the land was never for sale

Evidence

The money stems from a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that set aside $105 million to compensate the Sioux for the taking of the Black Hills in 1877, an isolated mountain range rich in minerals that stretched from South Dakota to Wyoming. The only problem: The Sioux never wanted the money because the land was never for sale. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 522

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 522
• XREF: connects to: US conquest of the Sioux followed the classic stages of colonialism — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 480; The Sioux refused a $106 million award to reclaim the Black Hills — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 519; Natives were rightful occupants but lacked power to sell their land. — Supreme Court of the United States (Marshall Court, 1823), Johnson & Graham’s Lessee v. M’Intosh,…, 169