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The Sioux have a significant victory against the U.S. government in the Battle of Little Bighorn, but a harsh winter follows, and their situation worsens in other ways, as well. One notable setback Black Elk mentions is how the Wasichus (white people) apparently gave some of the Sioux chiefs whiskey and tricked them into signing the 1876 Black Hills Agreement, a treaty that gave the Black Hills, as well as other lands outside of the Great Sioux Reservation, to the U.S. government.
This passage addresses the remorse and disbelief that Black Elk feels in response to learning about this new…