Almost as soon as it was created, the Fort Laramie Treaty was broken by the forces of the Great Fathers in Washington. US settlers pressed the boundaries of the Sioux Nations at the Missouri, and looked for road and rails to take them farther West. The Great Beasts were hunted for sport and folly. Most critically, the White Men discovered the gold and precious ores in the Black Hills, placed there by the Great Spirit to give Sacred power to Ka Sapa.

Over the next few decades, corrupt White Men entered the Great Sioux Nations. They bought land from the Sioux at ridiculous prices, using lawless treaties in tongues that the Native Americans could not read. Many times they killed for a small piece of land, or simply moved in, mined, and refused to leave. Very soon, the Reservation was torn into smaller tracts of land, and controlled with forts, roads and fences. New treaties split the Reservation into six agencies. Of course, all of these treaties were in violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty.

In 1876, the smaller battles of the West culminated in a great victory for the Buffalo People. At the Little Big Horn River, Long Hair (General George Custer) was outwitted and overwhelmed by a united band of Sioux Nations. Custer's 7th Cavalry was a heroic troop that had helped end the Civil War. Now, they fled in shame from a land that was not theirs. The greatest warrior was Crazy Horse, who died the next years. He was buried near his community, the Oglala Lakota, somewhere near Chankpe Opi Wakpala, a creek called Wounded Knee.