Places: Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Per the terms of the Second Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868, the U.S. government established agencies for the various tribes that had been signatories to the treaty. The Oglala Lakota were initially placed at Red Cloud Agency on the North Platte River. However, in 1873, the Agency was moved to the White River, near what is now Crawford, Nebraska. Several thousand Lakota were settled at the Agency, but other bands of the Sioux Nation, along with Cheyenne, Arapahoe and others were still refusing to settle on reservations. A military camp was attached to the Agency, named Camp Robinson, after Lt. Levi Robinson, who'd been killed while on a wood-gathering detail. This camp was renamed Fort Robinson in 1878. Camp and later Fort Robinson played a major part in the Sioux Wars from 1876-1890. Crazy Horse surrendered his band to Camp Robinson in May, 1877. Later, in September, while either being photographed or placed in a cell, Crazy Horse resisted and wa...