The Sioux rejected its monetary award demanding land return instead.

Evidence

BACK TO NOTE REFERENCE 85 Nothing in the statute explicitly forbids returning land to the Tribes. However, the commission awarded only monetary damages. The Sioux Tribe has never taken any of its award because it believes the return of land is what is required. See Edward Lazarus, Black Hills/White Justice: The Sioux Nation Versus the United States, 1775 to the Present (New York: HarperCollins, 1991). The money sits in a government account. Henry Gass, “When $1 Billion Isn’t Enough. Why the Sioux Won’t Put a Price on Land,” Christian Science Monitor, July 24, 2023. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 756

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is a strong objection/contrast case: victims refusing money because land is what justice requires — how does this bear on Black reparations demanding cash?
• XREF: Connects to the difference between restitution (land) and compensation (cash) in the ILC Article 34 definition.