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Amid Keystone XL Fight, The Lakota Treaty Of Fort Laramie Turns 150

Native Americans of the Northern Plains are gathering this weekend to commemorate an 1868 agreement with the United States — one often invoked in the debate on pipeline construction.

Native Americans from across the Northern Plains are gathering at Fort Laramie, Wyo., this weekend to mark the 150th anniversary of between the Lakota people and the United States. It's a document that some feel has been

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