The Second Fort Laramie Treaty

What was the Second Fort Laramie Treaty?

The Second Fort Laramie Treaty was an agreement signed after the failure of the first Fort Laramie Treaty. It was signed by the Lakota and Dakota Sioux, the Arapaho, and the US Government.

When was the Second Fort Laramie Treaty signed?

The treaty was signed in 1868.

What were the terms of the Second Fort Laramie Treaty?

The second Fort Laramie Treaty ensured peace between the Native Americans and the settlers. There were a number of terms to the treaty.

• ❖ The US Army closed the forts on the Bozeman Trail.
• ❖ The Great Sioux Reservation was created, which included the sacred Black Hills.
• ❖ The Sioux agreed not to attack travellers, on the condition that no permanent white settlements were built on their land.
• ❖ It gave the US Government the authority to punish anyone who broke the Treaty.