Scarcely was this treaty signed, however, when gold was discovered in the Black Hills, and the popular cry was: Remove the Indians! This was easier said than done. That very territory had just been solemnly guaranteed to them forever...The government, at first, entered some small protest, just enough to save its face... but there was no serious attempt to prevent the wholesale violation of the treaty. It was this... that led to the last great speech made by Red Cloud...It is brief, and touches upon the hopelessness of their future as a race....
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Charles Eastman was a 19th-century American physician, writer, and social reformer. Charles Alexander Eastman was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia →