under the treaty of 1868, all sioux indians were allowed to inhabit any part of the great sioux reservation which included all of south dakota from the missouri river to the borders, the state borders. of what are now the state borders. and they were, also, permitted under that agreement to occupy what was called the unseated territory which was hunting territory up to the yellowstone river and west of the bighorn mountains and south down to the north platte. so the crazy horse people and the sitting bull people did not go outside of that territory, and they were doing exactly what the treaty granted them a perpetual right to do. unless they would give up that right at some future date by the formal agreement of three-quarters of the male population. and so they were not engaged in hostile acts with the united states, and thousands of indians were not killed during that period. there was very little warfare. the problem began in 1874 with the discovery of gold in the black hills where the united states at that point -- the first thing they discovered was that the black hills were not, as th

but in the case of the sioux between 1850 and 1890, the record is not thin. the record is very robust. and when you start getting interested in this, not only do you find that there are many volumes of memoirs by the soldiers, principally the military people and some civilians who were involved during that period, but also to a surprising extent you find books by indians. and the books by indians are by indians in a special kind of way. typically, somebody got to know an indian, was interested in the story, began to take down information and wrote an account. and there are many such books, and you -- they all pass through the hands of a white writer. generally speaking, you know who the writers are and we know something about them so we have an idea of their kind of general take on what's going on. but they, these books, they sort of line up. you think there'd be nothing there that you could really rely on, but they're surprisingly consistent. i don't think in the course of my work more than once or twice did i run across an account that i thought, whoa, that

i went out to sioux falls and spent six months worked out of the trials that came out of the wounded i learned a great deal in that -- in that trial, both about native culture and what aim was about, the american indian movement and i also learned about jury investigation which i became very involved in. and i did the jury investigation for the first case where we actually got the case dismissed for the inability to impanel a fair nonracist jury in that district. and the judge kept saying, but i'll give you a change of venue, and we said, sorry. we have a right to be tried in our home county with a fair jury. and after six weeks of putting jurors on trial, we were able to prove that you could not get a fair jury for native people in sioux falls, south dakota. and then when i went back to los angeles, i was working with some of the lawyer guilds, lawyers, leonard wineglass in particular who had done the chicago conspiracy trial and the pentagon papers trial and others and i started working with him and doing jury selection in some of those political cases. we did a lot of iranian stud

services made their contribution to recovery month by holding a recovery in the park celebration in sioux falls, south dakota. attendees enjoyed a nice day outdoors and were able to celebrate recovery together with food, fun, games, and prizes. the maryland state alcohol and drug abuse administration held a kickoff festival for prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery resource providers in catonsville, maryland. the event was highlighted by the governor's proclamation and also featured breakfast, speakers, and vendor displays. preferred family healthcare's achieving recovery through creativity program hosted an arts and awareness festival in honor of recovery month. the festival featured an art exhibit, performances, awareness activities, and refreshments, and was open to all who wished to attend. clients and families of several recovery agencies in pennsylvania were treated to a day at the park as they attended a pittsburgh pirates baseball game. the night of fun and unity was capped off by a pirates win. the state capital building in sacramento, california, was the sight of the

and on i-90 from sioux falls to madison. wet on i-55 from st. louis to memphis. from raleigh to miami. >>> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, salt lake city, minneapolis, chicago, memphis, charlotte and atlanta. >>> there is a growing family feud between the sons of ronald reagan and it couldn't have come at a worse time. several celebrations are being planned next month to mark what would have been the late president's 100th birthday. >> but the brothers are busy bickering over exactly when their fathereg began to suffer from senility. in a new book, his son says he began to suffer from alzheimer's. he spoke to abc's elizabeth vargas. >> there was just something that was off. i couldn't quite put my finger on it. >> he was so concerned he took the bold step of suggesting to his father that he not seek re-election. >> i thought maybe it is better if he doesn't run. >> now ron's conservative half brother michael reagan is blasting him on twitter, he writes, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive. and today, he becam

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the sioux, arapahoe, cheyenne, kiowa and comanche. those are the guys that were good with the horse. >> we need to go for 10 more minutes and then we are going to open it up for questions which we enjoy so if you have a question if you begin to make your way up to the microphone. i want to ask two things. one about content and one last question about craft which i think it's interesting to everyone who is ever wanted to write a book and has no idea how to proceed. one, the way that you structured this book as i mentioned earlier in alternating chapters he did have a grand history of the comanche and then you zoom in on starting with what happened to parkers ford and taking it all the way through with quanah parker. what did you find about that, including one of the classic texas stories. it was a big story at the time. people talk about it and memoirs were published in newspapers reported what happened but tell us about cynthia ann and quanah. >> i can sort of merge those two questions together so i will get to structure in a minute.

or something that was leading them to be willing to pay more for that lap dancing experience, and sioux clearly, this wasn't like some rational decision to pay more for this particular thing. >> host: this falls into the realm of economics, this greater appreciation for the ire ration name or feelings or sentiments or psychologist. >> guest: it's fascinating, but the book is not quite all about, you know, about these quirks, the book is mainly about how prices steer our decisions. sometimes we make decisions that we're going to do this rather than that, get married rather than be single or go to school rather than not. sometimes # they are not, and there's variables we are not contemplateing and for instance, there's things to go back to the idea why we pay what we do for certain goods and services that are not necessarily rational, i point to the use of pricesal of. now, this might be odd; right? it's still probably rational in the sense that you think you're getting the best you can for your money, say when you buy a bottle of wine. you think the $100 bottle is better than the $50 jus

do you sioux the political will to do something that dramatic in the next couple of months before yout that vote on whether or not to raise the debt ceiling? >> i don't think it has to be that specific, but it has to be meaningful, with teeth. my suggestion is when we contemplate raising the debt limit, we do it in small increments and periodically and every time we do it, we make sure we get a major concession in the direction of limiting spending so that we can get this fiscal train wreck under control. we're on a disastrous path no, question about it. we need to take serious measures. i, for one, couldn't vote for raising the debt ceiling unless we're making sub tan active progress on it. >> it's strange that we say we want sacrifice and we want to get the deficit under control yet congress, in this lame duck, just voted to add almost $900 billion to the deficit. i think sacrifice is something legitimate to ask of all of us. we decided to wage two wars and cut taxes at the same time. the only people really sacrificing are the men and women in uniform. a lot of people out there have

have a sioux city, ariz., democrats live -- republican line. caller: i would kind of like to give some thought to people like martha and this last guy who talked. i think it is really arrogant to decide that sarah palin or the tea party, for heaven's sake, or rush limbaugh or any of these people have anything to do with this not case that shot this woman. when you make rhetoric, i have never heard people make more discouraging rhetoric against anyone more than sarah palin or rush limbaugh. you are saying that they are bad guys. some nut job might decide to go shoot them. just count this guy as a nut case. if we can figure out a way to make it more difficult for these kind of people to grab a gun and do something hellacious, let's do it but come together, people. let's not get crazy and take the politics out of it. host: you are calling us from arizona. we will have your honor and the state of the state address this afternoon at 3:45. what are you hoping to hear from her? in the wake of the shooting? caller: i am hoping to hear that this was a g

host: let's take a call from richard in the sioux falls, south dakota. richard is 65 or older. to the program. caller: i would like to point out the fact that you talked about intergenerational -- what we are running right now is an intergenerational ponzi scheme, where we are stealing from the future. a right now the u.s. -- right now the u.s. is technically insolvent. if you were to calculate all of the wealth, nonprofit organizations, you would not have enough money to take care what we promised to everyone. and then to what they are going to have to do is cut dramatically -- not just small bits. but anyone under age 55, this not want drastic cuts in the current u.s. system, basically putting their children and grandchildren and a total third world country in 30 years. all you have to do is read any report from the federal reserve that comes out. you see a report each december and it gives you the information. a if you don't want to delve into the information and let people from washington drawn on, it is fine. it does not mean they have the answers. the answers are are in t

nurses visit expecting mothers in sioux falls, rapid city, and pine ridge to educate them about preeingpregnancy and behaviors after their baby is born. our state has been awarded a $645,000 grant to expand this program to more communities, but there is more to do. i'm going to ask doctors, hospitals, parents, and state and tribal leaders to come together to face this problem. each of us has a role to play. we all want more south dakota infants to reach their 1st birthdays. infant mortality is one of many issues that will encourage close corporation between state and tribal leaders. our reservations are integral parts of our state, and i do not view any challenges based there as tribal challenges. they are south dakota challenges. as governor, i'm going to work hard to build a positive working relationship between the state and each of our nine tribes. i want to base these relationships on two principles. first, i will also remember that the nine tribes are nine separate governments, each with their own set of circumstances. they should not be subject to a one-size fits all approach. se

nurses visit expectant mothers in sioux falls, rapid city and pine ridge to educate them about healthy behiors during pregnancy and after their baby is born. i'm pleased to announce that the state has been awarded a $645,000 grant to expand this bright start program to more communities. but there is more to do. i'm going to ask doctors, hospitals, parents and ste and tribal leaders to come together to face this problem. each of us has a role to play. we all want more south dakota infant to reach their first birthdays. infant mortality is one of the issues that will encourage close cooperation between regional and tribal leaders. the tribes are integral parts of our state and i do notace any challenges faced there as tribal challenges, they are south dakota challenges. as governor, i'm going to wor very hard to build a positive working relationship between the state and each of our nine tribes. i want to base they relationships on two principles. first, i will always remember that the nine tribes are nine separate governments, each with their own set of circumstances. they shod not be s

in the 40s and 50s as you sioux see. 92, traffic reinstated.continues to build up there as well. >> thanks a lot. seven schools find out today why they are targeted for closing to close the budget gam. a committee will present their recommendations to the school board at a special meeting. they have three different scenarios each one includesth schools. the schools on the cutting board include glenn brook and sequoia, holbrook, monte gardens. trustees are expected to vote on the the closures february 8. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. >>> it's 8:00 on wednesday morning the 19th of january, 2011. we'll zoom in on the crowd on rockefeller plaza. we have had rain and sleet. i guess the rain has just about stopped for now. if they stick around a couple more days they'll be in snow according to mr. roker. at least that's the possibility. inside the studio i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira and mr. roker. coming up, a startling baby boom at a memphis high school. as many as 90 girls are either expecting or have had a baby since

discover was a black hills were not as they hoped in wyoming, they were in the south dakota right in the sioux reservation. it a problem. the solution was to extinguish their title. that forced them onto agencies and to various other efforts to compel them to surrender that territory. when crazy horse was attacked by crook and custer, or when he came into conflict with them, they were in his territory contrary to the stipulations of the 1868 treaty. and nobody who paid normal attention to the laws would've said that committed any kind of a warlike act or justify this action. even the united states government doesn't try to say that anymore. they just say they're going to take the black hills, and they did. so that wasn't really a question. when custer attacked the indian camp on the little bighorn river, they really had very little choice. the way attacks would take place, soldiers come up out of nowhere, usually at dawn, ride into camp and shoot every indian figure. so you either respond or you don't. it would be unreasonable to expect him to simply not do anything under those extremely provo