The Sioux did not get this message until only days before the deadline which made it impossible to comply. They had already seen every promise from the US govt prove to be as valuable as high heel moccasins so why bother.
Yes, let's talk about all the broken promises that the native americans received from the "white" government in power............hmmm, seems to me this theme is a common thread running thru all history..........the "white", "Europeans" coming into a country, taking control, and trying to run the native's lives in the way THEY see fit.
Terri